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nice try sailormon - but it was clinton who led the welfare reform, not the republicans.
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I don't know if that's true or not, but this is from the first google hit I got:
"On August 22, President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 Conference Report to accompany H.R. 3734, the controversial legislation which repeals the 60 year old social safety net for the poor and requires welfare recipients to work. The legislation is very much like H.R. 4, the previous welfare bill that the President vetoed at the urging of NOW and other advocacy organizations. And, like the previous bill, the President received severe criticism from community activists, women's rights, social service advocacy, labor, minority, and religious groups
in embracing this Republican-led effort to change the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program"
1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act - SourceWatch