President Obama Rewrites Weflare Reform Law – Work Requirement Removed
President Barack Obama released a policy directive yesterday that essentially rewrites the 1996 Welfare Reform Law passed under former President Bill Clinton. Although largely “unnoticed” by many media outlets, the landmark directive “allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to waive the work requirement at the heart of welfare reform,” The Washington Examiner reports. A Department of Health and Human Services memo confirms that the agency now has the authority to waive compliance with verification procedures, the calculation of participation rates and work activities of welfare recipients.
The 1996 Welfare Reform Law, which President Clinton initially vetoed but later signed, is viewed by many as the most “successful policy initiative in a generation,” The Blaze reports. The welfare rolls decreased steadily as millions of able-bodied Americans moved from the taxpayer supported entitlement program to the workforce. Heritage Foundation welfare policy experts Robert Rector called Obama’s alterations to the Welfare Reform Law as the “end of welfare as we know it.”
“Despite its success, however, many liberals remain opposed to reform. For example, in the years immediately after passage of the law, Barack Obama himself pledged to do all he could to undo it,” Bryon York of the Washington Examiner noted.
Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is also extremely displeased with Obama’s changes to the Welfare Reform Law. “Today’s action is also a blatant violation of the law. After immigration, education, marriage and religious conscience protections, we can now add welfare reform to the list of laws President Obama refuses to follow,” according to Jordan’s statements republished on The Blaze.
Tags : 1996 welfare reform law, Barack Obama, clinton welfare reform law, department of health and human services, HHS, obama welfare reform law, tanf, welfare work requirement
Posted: July 13, 2012
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Jul 13, 2012
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Jul 14, 2012
This is a clarion call to the men and women of the United States of America: make a stand NOW. You must make a peaceful and civil stand now! When you stand you shall stand upon the Constitution. We The People must say enough is enough! We have had enough of the Executive branch going around the Legislative Branch.
President Obama's motivations matter not. The results of his actions matter not. The methods that Obama has used to impose his will are unacceptable. We have a Law and limits on Executive power for a reason. Look at the DOMA Law, the Immigration issue, and not this welfare issue. The more people there are on welfare, the less money there is for everyone on the welfare rolls. By allowing the States to ignore the searching-for-work requirement yes more people will jump on the welfare rolls. This will mean less money available for them and the people already on the welfare rolls.
The Law excluded the Search-for-Work requirement from being waived for a reason. Now, without
Congressional action, President Obama and his administration has rewritten the law. In doing so he and his admin. have violated the checks and balances. They have made law without the consent of the Legislature.
He may have the purest motives. His motives don't change the fact that he is acting more like a Ruler than a Leader. Who do YOU, the People, want running the USA? A ruler or a leader:
http://lifelightandliberty.blogspot.com/2012/07/shall-we-have-rulers-or-leaders.html
Jul 14, 2012
Please read since the media is not covering this. WHY? Why on Earth would he do this? How many times is he going to bypass Congress? These are the actions of a RULER.
Jul 14, 2012
Ughhhhhh
Jul 16, 2012
Forget the “Low, Middle, and Upper Classes” of Americans. Obama is creating a two class system: the “Productive Class” and the “Entitlement Class”. When the Productive Class gets tired, or is no longer capable of dragging along the Entitlement Class all that we will have left will be the non-producing takers. We will have become Greece quickly on the road to a complete dictatorship and slavery.
I’d love to know when the Democrats are going to get tired of defending Obama and all his ridiculous illegal, unConstitutional, and un/anti-American policies?
No comments I'm sure. Any parents out there worried for their children? No? Wow.