Now is the Time to Fight the Welfare President

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Now is the Time to Fight the Welfare President

 

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary) | September 10th, 2012 at 12:13 PM | 1

They’re back! Congress is back in session after the August recess, but they will only be in town for a few weeks. While conservatives are usually happy with the idea of Congress staying out of session, there is much on the agenda we must pursue in order to undo Obama’s destructive policies. We must not squander our time on suspension bills banning the sale of billfish. Any moment of the session not spent exposing Obama’s welfare economy is a lost moment.

There are many legislative deadlines confronting this congress. There is the September 30 deadline for the FY 2013 budget as well as the farm/food stamp bill. Of course, we have the tax cliff at the end of the year. A little known deadline is the expiration of the main cash welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), at the end of September. The last 5-year bill expired in 2010, and the program has been running on temporary extensions for the past two years. Republicans must not pass an extension without blocking Obama’s recent gutting of the welfare work requirements.

On July 12, in one of the most egregious administrative power grabs of his tenure, Obama’s