As part of a Republican intraparty movement, North Carolina’s General Assembly has successfully overridden two vetoes signed by Gov. Pat McCrory this summer.
One such veto override upheld House Bill 392, which is bad news for families and individuals throughout the state.
This legislation was designed to enforce background checks and drug testing for some welfare applicants and would prohibit fleeing felons and probation and parole violators from receiving welfare benefits.
Following his veto of HB 392, McCrory issued an executive order that intensified the existing background check policies.
But the executive order left legislators dissatisfied, and they overrode McCrory’s veto in votes Tuesday and Wednesday, changing the minds of some N.C. representatives.
This means that HB 392 is now law.
While much controversy certainly exists pertaining to the means and policies of welfare, this legislation is not the answer.
Welfare is a means of aiding those who need the help.
Sometimes recovering drug users are the recipients of this assistance. It does not take much imagination to recognize that a fairly large portion of these people could be left out to dry because of this law.
