dailykos.com - 2/3/2009
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nypost.com - 1/30/2009
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WASHINGTON - Buried deep inside the massive spending
orgy that Democrats jammed through the House this week...
lie five words that could drastically undo two decades of welfare reforms. The very heart of the widely applauded Welfare Reform Act of...
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CHANGE FOR THE WORSE
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