Date: October 4, 1972
Subject: Family Assistance Plans
Description: Roth (R-DE) amendment, as modified by Buckley (C-NY), in the nature of a substitute for the Long (D-LA) amendment authorizing $400 million per year over a two to four-year period for programs to test President Nixon's Family Assistance Plan guaranteeing an annual federal payment of $2,400 to a family of four with no outside income vs. the Ribicoff plan providing $2,600 to a family of four, vs. the Senate Finance Committee's "work-fare" plan making able-bodied adults ineligible for welfare and requiring them to take jobs.
Result: Amendment Agreed to, 46-41
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