is this striking a chord with a lot of people who feel a lot of resentment in this economy. how do you respond it to, mayor? well, first of all, i was in the room on behalf of president clinton negotiating that welfare bill. one. two, newt gingrich sent president clinton two welfare bills that he vetoed because actually it was the wrong course. before the actual bill got signed. three, president clinton s entire goal was to move people off of welfare to work. from dependence to independence. and change the entire philosophy of the system to want to help people move to work. the work rule reforms in the states, and the requirement of giving states the ability of flexibility is we have one goal, work. 50 different creative ways to achieve it. governor romney asked for actually a waiver. but you had to make sure your plan for massachusetts was as different than mississippi or alabama s or california s. achieve the goal of work. and it was every governor, regardless of party, who wante
is this striking a chord with a lot of people who feel a lot of resentment in this economy. how do you respond it to, mayor? well, first of all, i was in the room on behalf of president clinton negotiating that welfare bill. one. two, newt gingrich sent president clinton two welfare bills that he vetoed because actually it was the wrong course. before the actual bill got signed. three, president clinton s entire goal was to move people off of welfare to work. from dependence to independence. and change the entire philosophy of the system to want to help people move to work. the work rule reforms in the states, and the requirement of giving states the ability of flexibility is we have one goal, work. 50 different creative ways to achieve it. governor romney asked for actually a waiver. but you had to make sure your plan for massachusetts was as different than mississippi or alabama s or california s. achieve the goal of work. and it was every governor, regardless of party, who wante
change to welfare to work rules that the president act acquiesced to at the request of some republican governors around the country. this is what gingrich said at the convention this week and i ll get your response. obama s waiving of the work requirements in welfare reform is just one example of his direct repudiation of president reagan s values. is this striking a chord with a lot of people who feel a lot of resentment in this economy. how do you respond it to, mayor? well, first of all, i was in the room on behalf of president clinton negotiating that welfare bill. one. two, newt gingrich sent president clinton two welfare bills that he vetoed because actually it was the wrong course. before the actual bill got signed. three, president clinton s entire goal was to move people off of welfare to work. from dependence to independence. and change the entire philosophy of the system to want to help people move to work. the work rule reforms in the
an idea that has bipartisan sport, at least outside of washington. some of what s broken has to do with the way congress does its business these days. a simple majority is no longer enough to get anything, even routine business, passed through the senate. neither party has been blamed. now both parties should put an end to it. for starters, i ask them to pass a simple rule that all judicial and public nominations receive a simple umor down vote within 90 days. the executive branch also needs to change. too often, it s inefficient, outdated, and remote. that s why i have asked this congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy so our government is leaner, quicker, and more responsive to the needs of the american people. finally, none of this can happen unless we also lower the temperature in this town. we need to end the notion that the two parties must be locked in a perpetual campaign of mutual destruction. that politics is about clinging to ridge
together, and coordinating budget policies so that the germans don t feel like they re paying greece s welfare bills and something that treasury geithner is spending most time on these days. harris: what else is on the agenda for the summit? a lot on the agenda, food security, to sustaining the fight against climate change. what s not on the agenda may get more discussion, a lot of thoughts on the sidelines, the first time that president obama and russian president putin will talk, since mr. putin returned to the helm of his country, and mr. obama had take the opportunity to try and pressure him on the european missile defense, and press him on syria, and russia and china are the only countries against sanctions. and meet with the president