GOP OVERRIDES Welfare Drug Testing Veto, Governor Fights Back

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Channel: The Damage Report · 2013 · News & Politics

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The North Carolina GOP is having a big fight over making poor people pee in cups. First, Republicans in the state legislature, with some Democratic support, passed a bill requiring drug tests for some people seeking benefits from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, commonly known as welfare. Then Gov. Pat McCrory (R) vetoed the bill, calling it a bad way to fight drug abuse. On Wednesday, Republicans in the statehouse voted to override McCrory's veto, but the first-term governor still won't cooperate. Find out more with John Iadarola!

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