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4. President Clinton found the legislation more conservative than he would have preferred; however, hav

Reply to Jackie Wilson Said (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 11:00 AM

Mar 2016

President Clinton found the legislation more conservative than he would have preferred; however, having vetoed two earlier welfare proposals from the Republican-majority Congress, it was considered a political risk to veto a third bill during a campaign season with welfare reform as a central theme

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More Than 500,000 Adults Will Lose SNAP Benefits in 2016 as Waivers Expire [View all] Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 OP

. President Bill Clinton signed PRWORA into law on August 22, 1996, fulfilling his 1992 campaign pro saturnsring Mar 2016 #1

And I will never forget that he did that, none of us should. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #2

President Clinton found the legislation more conservative than he would have preferred; however, hav saturnsring Mar 2016 #4

So I was right in my thought that he didnt want this, at least not in that form. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #5

hillary is not bill and this is not 1996 saturnsring Mar 2016 #6

I wasnt even going there, I was doing this to point out how heartless Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #7

Bill Clinton, best republican in democrat's clothing in history. CBGLuthier Mar 2016 #3

How much more damage from another Clinton administration can we expect.... SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #8

Hillary is glad they won't be deadbeats any more Doctor_J Mar 2016 #9

Someday the poor and lower middle class will have had enough, and they will act. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #10