And of the 33. only 7 will be offered by the Democrats with the Republicans offering 26 of their own amendments. It is a shame that an issue that will impact millions of lowincome and poor families in our nation is not debated in a democratic forum. The Republicans continue to exclude us even after they have incorporated some of the Democrats ideas such as allowing immigrants who are veterans and fought to protect this country access to public assistance if they fall on hard times. And although some of the Republican amendments attempt to correct the meanspirited provisions such as letting states give vouchers to teen mothers. vouchers cannot pay rent or the bus fare to work. Critics of our welfare system always divide the poor into two groups: the deserving and the underserving poor.
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