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Medical coverage for their kids will get it. We will give them all the help they need. And we will keep them on public assistance for up to two years. But after that people who are able to work have to go to work great either in the private sector or through Community Service job. No more permanent dependence on welfare as a way of life. Host that was then president ial candidate bill clinton at Georgetown University in 1991 making his first pledge to end welfare as we know it. Five years later ...

worse damage has been done to millions of our fellow citizens and ordinary families across the nation who did nothing wrong and are paying a terrible price for this economic crisis. a staggering 8.4 million jobs have been lost and the unemployment rate remains near double digits. far too many committees across the country, the rate of employment is overt double- digit. nearly 7 million have lost their homes to foreclosure. millions have lost retirement funds and lost billions of small ...

stay tuned for center mendez -- center mendez -- senator menedez and a special surprise guests. >> it is good to be back. a coalition of more than 200 national organizations working to build an america with good as its ideal. today, we want you to know that you are not alone. the entire civil -- civilized community stands with you, because the principle behind a comprehensive immigration reform movement is the same principle that has guided every civil and human rights movement in our ...

get some historic perspective on how passage of the health care bill, which the president signed today. george washington university professor edward berkowitz will join us. after that, proposed changes to u.s. education system with education secretary arne duncan. later, a conversation on health care, politics, and the november elections with bill kristol of "the weekly standard. "washington journal" is next. . . revelation. and the senate parliamentarian will be asked to rule. in so...