article_snippet.sent: But, the one included by the Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature in a bill that GOP Gov. Sam Brownback planned to sign Thursday appears to be the most exhaustive, according to state Department for Children and Families officials.
article_snippet.sent: Cutting back: In this April 13 photo, Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback makes a point during an interview in Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback office in the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas .
article_snippet.sent: We want to get people off of public assistance and into private-sector employment, and We've had a lot of success with that,' Brownback during an interview this week with The Associated Press.
article_snippet.sent: The number of cash assistance recipients in Kansas has dropped 63per cent since Brownback took office, to about 14,700 in February.
article_snippet.sent: Brownback said the decline confirms the success of Brownback policies, but critics note that U.S. Census Bureau figures show the state's child poverty rate remaining at about 19per cent through 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Brownback said Brownback state's list of prohibited cash-assistance uses has become a way for the left to argue against welfare-to-work policies. '
article_snippet.sent: I think you're seeing the left trying to pillory this,' Brownback said. '
highlights_snippet.sent: The number of cash assistance recipients in Kansas has dropped 63per cent since GOP Gov. Sam Brownback took office, to about 14,700 in February .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: GOP Gov. Sam Brownback said the decline confirms the success of GOP Gov. Sam Brownback policies, but critics note that U.S. Census Bureau figures show the state's child poverty rate remaining at about 19per cent through 2013 .