Bruce Guthrie on Welfare & Poverty

Keep federal welfare programs, for now

Require welfare recipients to spend at least 40 hours a week in a combination of work & training programs.
Continue to give states and local governments flexibility through federal block grants.
Guthrie adds, "In an ideal society, social welfare programs should be managed by communities and non-profits. For the forseeable future, however, we cannot pull the plug on the federal programs. "

Source: 2006 Congressional National Political Awareness Test Oct 25, 2006

Click here for definitions & background information on Welfare & Poverty. Click here for SenateMatch answers by Bruce Guthrie. Agree? Disagree? Voice your opinions on Welfare & Poverty in The Forum. Click here for a summary of Bruce Guthrie's positions on all issues. Click here for issue positions of other WA politicians.
*Other candidates on Welfare & Poverty:*		*Bruce Guthrie on other issues:*
*WA Gubernatorial:* Christine Gregoire *WA Senatorial:* Brad Klippert Maria Cantwell Mike McGavick Patty Murray *2004 Presidential:* Pres.George W. Bush Sen.John Kerry Ralph Nader *2008 possibilities:* Sen.Hillary Clinton Sen.John Edwards Sen.Russ Feingold Rudy Giuliani V.P.Al Gore Sen.Barack Obama Sen.John McCain *2006 Senate retirements:* Jon Corzine(D,NJ) Mark Dayton(DFL,MN) Bill Frist(R,TN) Jim Jeffords(I,VT) Paul Sarbanes(D,MD)	*2006 Senate Races:* (AZ)Kyl v.Pederson (CA)Feinstein v.Mountjoy (CT)Lieberman v.Lamont v.Schlesinger (DE)Carper v.Ting (FL)Nelson v.Harris (HI)Akaka v.Thielen (IN)Lugar v.Osborn (MA)Kennedy v.Chase (MD)Cardin v.Steele v.Zeese (ME)Snowe v.Bright (MI)Stabenow v.Bouchard (MN)Kennedy v.Klobuchar (MO)Talent v.McCaskill (MS)Lott v.Fleming v.Bowlin (MT)Burns v.Tester (ND)Conrad v.Grotberg (NE)Nelson v.Ricketts (NJ)Menendez v.Kean (NM)Bingaman v.McCulloch (NV)Ensign v.Carter (NY)Clinton v.Spencer (OH)DeWine vBrown (PA)Santorum v.Casey (RI)Chafee vWhitehouse (TN)Ford v.Corker (TX)Hutchison v.Radnofsky (UT)Hatch v.Ashdown (VA)Allen v.Webb (VT)Sanders v.Tarrant (WA)Cantwell v.McGavick v.Guthrie (WI)Kohl v.Vogeler v.Redick (WV)Byrd v.Raese (WY)Thomas v.Groutage	Abortion Budget/Economy Civil Rights Corporations Crime Drugs Education Energy/Oil Environment Families Foreign Policy Free Trade Govt. Reform Gun Control Health Care Homeland Security Immigration Jobs Principles Social Security Tax Reform Technology War/Peace Welfare Other Senators House of Representatives SenateMatch (matching quiz) HouseMatch Senate Votes (analysis) House Votes