Republicans ran Congress since '94, and forced welfare reform on Clinton. He only signed it when it hit his desk the 3rd time.
Everything that was moderate under Clinton was a result of the Republican Congress.
Which leads to the question - is it not better from a policy perspective (e.g., something for nearly everyone) to have the executive and legislative branches controlled by different parties?
Due respect, I'm looking back over the last six years and not seeing a lot of wonderful legislation coming out of it. No spending limitations, no cutting of pork, no serious attempt to address the economic divide, etc. Moral issues aside, I didn't see a lot of real legislation out of the Republican-led Congress under the Republican White House.