Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who led efforts to reform welfare in the 1990s, had this to say about Barack Obama’s decision to suspend TANF’s work requirements:
Obama’s suspension of workfare requirements is almost certainly illegal, a sign of the jobs failure, and a reminder how liberal obama is
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 13, 2012
And this:
President clinton and the republican congress created a bipartisan work oriented reform of welfare. Obama has single handedly destroyed it
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 13, 2012