In 1992 Bill Clinton campaigned for president under the promise to “end welfare as we know it.” Welfare, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s depression-era assistance program to the needy, had grown into Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), which included food stamps, Medicare, and direct assistance to a clientele that increasingly consisted of divorced and unwed mothers. By the 1990s most Americans believed that the welfare system was broken, rife with abuse and fraud. Welfare reform, stalled for a number of political reasons, resurfaced as a key issue following the 1994 Republican sweep of the midterm elections. Clinton vetoed two Republican versions of welfare reform, concerned that they did not provide enough child care, job training, and health care support to successfully move aid recipients into the workforce. As President Clinton faced reelection in 1996, however, it became increasingly clear that the public would judge him poorly if he did not deliver welfare reform legislation. Clinton signed, with resolutions, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) on August 22, 1996. Following his reelection in November, Clinton gave a December 7 radio address in which he discussed welfare reform with the American people.