Please help us! Donate
Key Votes
HR 4737 - Temporary Aid to Needy Families - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Ben Cardin voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Read statements Ben Cardin made in this general time period.
Stages
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Placed on Calendar (Senate) - July 25, 2002
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (229-197) - May 16, 2002(Key vote)
Title: Temporary Aid to Needy Families
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to pass a bill that would reauthorize existing welfare programs through 2007, including assistance for needy families, increase child care funding, marriage promotion, and others through block grants.
- Appropriates $16.6 billion annually for the Temporary Aid to Needy Families state block grants through fiscal year 2007.
- Increases child care funding by $1 billion over five years.
- Stipulates that 70 percent of families per state receiving assistance from TANF program must meet the 40 hours of "work activity" a week requirement, with at least 24 of the 40 hours entailing direct work experience.
- Appropriates $100 million annually through fiscal year 2008 to reward states that equal or exceed performance standards.
- Appropriates $200 million annually through fiscal year 2007 to promote marriages and the formation of families through the Healthy Marriage Promotion grant program.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - May 16, 2002
Title: Temporary Aid to Needy Families
Sponsors
- Deborah D. Pryce (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Michael 'Mike' Bilirakis (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Boehner (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Larry Ed Combest (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Goodlatte (VA - R)
- Walter 'Wally' Herger Jr. (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael G. Oxley (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Marge S. Roukema (NJ - R) (Out Of Office)
- E. Clay Shaw Jr. (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- William J. 'Billy' Tauzin II (LA - ) (Out Of Office)
- William M. 'Bill' Thomas (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frederick Stephen 'Fred' Upton (MI - R)
- Charles William 'Bill' Young (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
