A key House Republican seeking significant spending cuts, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), has set his sights on means-tested programs, a line of attack that could garner ...

A column in the Wall Street Journal last week by House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) and former Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas), titled “Welfare is What’s Eating the Budget,” argued ...

"One Door" represents a shift from a system designed around programs and bureaucracies to one designed around people.

The gap between the number of eligible Americans and those who actually receive public assistance benefits often comes down to the administrative burdens posed by state and federal bureaucracies.

It is an age-old question in politics: guns or butter? Government resources are not unlimited, so leaders have to prioritize ...

Welfare fraud is often discussed in abstract terms, but for taxpayers the impact shows up in very real numbers that quietly drain federal and state budgets every year. By focusing on three specific ...

The House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will hear from an Indian Country witness regarding federal funding for adoption programs.

Robert Rector, a leading authority on poverty, welfare programs and immigration in America for three decades, is The Heritage Foundation’s senior research fellow in domestic policy. Jamie Bryan Hall / ...

When Congress returns from Easter recess, it will have one item on its agenda: Paying for the war in Iran. Budget analysts ...

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According to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), nearly half of all households headed by immigrants in ...