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Signing the welfare reform bill was one of the most important decisions of my presidency. At 5:30 p. Despite the plain evidence, some people in the media tried to push the possibility that the action was a real-life version ofWag n the Palais Bourbon, and attend a dinner hosted by President François Mitterrand at the Elysée Palace.

I still have a picture of them walking hand in hand on that inaugural evening. ” One of the most effective things we did was to reform the regulations governing financial institutions under the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act. Our convention had been a success, and Dole was tarred by his association with Gingrich and the government shutdown. As a result, instead of authorizing an aggressive police operation, I had authorized a military assault in hostile territory.