The GOP Can Win on Work Requirements and Welfare

The details show how reasonable the House debt-ceiling proposals are.

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House Republicans are holding firm as they negotiate a deal with President Biden to raise the debt ceiling—a small miracle for the GOP—and one sticking point is work requirements in welfare. Democrats are digging in, calling the rules this week a “nonstarter,” but the attacks are false, and the GOP has the high ground on the merits and the politics.

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