Democracy Quote by Tom Coburn

In 1996, Republicans used reconciliation to pass major legislation that ended six decades of welfare policy.

— Bernie Sanders

In 2001, Republicans used reconciliation to pass President Bush's $1.35 trillion tax cut that mainly benefited the wealthy.

— Bernie Sanders

Ten years ago, Republicans decided it was time to reform our broken welfare system and give welfare recipients the tools they needed to escape…

— Todd Tiahrt

When Republicans used reconciliation in 2001 for the Bush tax cuts, they used it to increase the deficit. The whole purpose of reconciliation is…

— Kent Conrad

Conservatives were sure that if you eliminated welfare for single moms, it would eliminate - or at lease greatly reduce - single motherhood. So…

— Gail Collins

We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.

— William J. Clinton

Welfare reform passed in the 90s worked because states were given maximum authority along with adequate funding. This model can work for the repeal…

— Kim Reynolds

I think Welfare Reform did more harm than good, but one piece of good it did was it changed the attitudes of Americans. If…

— David Beckmann

In 2005, Republicans passed a 360-page reconciliation bill without a single Democratic vote that provided deep cuts to Medicaid and raised premiums on Medicare beneficiaries.

— Bernie Sanders

I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt - pretty conservative. The first entitlement reform of your lifetime…

— Newt Gingrich

The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that…

— Jim Talent

Unfortunately, liberals didn't stop with welfare-statism. They also turned to economic regulations, not understanding that such interventions, again, harmed the very people they were…

— Jacob G. Hornberger