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Could Welfare Reform Be Working?

September 17th, 2006 · No Comments

Tom Blumer has a great review of how the Welfare Reform Act may be exceeding the expectations from when it was signed into law.
From a peak of over 14 million in 1994, and over 12 million at the end of 1996 (over 4.5 million families) when the new law took effect, the number of those …

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Americablog Trying To Revive a Debunked Myth

September 5th, 2006 · No Comments

Americablog is trying to revive the lie that Clinton would have done more to fight terrorism, but the Republicans blocked him. Referenced is a CNN July 30, 1996 article:
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, emerged from the meeting and said, “These are very controversial provisions that the [Clinton] White …

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