Reform of the FHA, a New Deal mortgage insurance program, has been seen as a relatively painless way for the government to help borrowers.

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Digging into her memories, van Hylckama Vlieg says her great grandfather eventually found a work program after the New Deal and was able to rebuild his life.

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Romney and Ryan propose to address Medicaid by extending to the program the enormously successful 1996 welfare reforms of the old, New Deal, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program.

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