Another week, another abuse of power by President Obama. This time it's on welfare reform.
More than 15 years ago, Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed into law monumental welfare reform legislation. It was historic, and President Clinton proudly proclaimed that "today, we are ending welfare as we know it."
I was very proud to have been one of the authors of that legislation, which ended a federal entitlement for the first time, and proved a success as welfare caseloads dropped by nearly half, and child poverty among affected groups plummeted.
How times have changed. Today, thanks to President Obama, big government and welfare has made a comeback. Now, 1 in 4 children in America are on food stamps and are living in historically high levels of poverty.
And once again, President Obama has made sweeping changes to legislation that was passed by Congress and signed into law by a Democratic president. His Administration recently issued a directive that the welfare work requirements can be waived under the Social Security Act.
Just like that, he has essentially rewritten a piece of bipartisan legislation because he disagreed with it.
These actions are dangerous, not because of what the issue is, but because he is violating the Constitution. We cannot have a president who completely dismisses separation of powers and the equal role of each branch of government. Yet this is what we have with President Obama.
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On immigration, marriage, healthcare, welfare reform and many more issues, President Obama continues to dismiss the laws that have been passed by Congress.
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Rick Santorum
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