President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, a landmark piece of legislation that fundamentally transformed the United States' welfare system.
The law replaced the decades-old Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), introducing work requirements, time limits on benefits, and significant restrictions on welfare eligibility. This reform represented a bipartisan effort to reduce welfare dependency and encourage