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Paul Ryan Joins House Vote To Block Welfare Rule Republicans Sought
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), voted with the House to reject a welfare rule change backed by Republican governors.
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan stepped off the campaign trail Thursday to join House colleagues voting against a welfare regulation change that the White House and Republican governors had hoped would help people move from government assistance to work.
Republicans for years said they had hoped to get changes in the landmark welfare reform of 1996 that would grant states flexibility in how they measure work requirements, with the idea being to focus more on outcomes than process.
The Republican Governors' Association under then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney asked for such waiver authority in 2005. And last year, after the Obama administration asked states for suggestions on how to get the federal government out of the way of getting people into jobs, the GOP administrations of Utah and Nevada asked for flexibility in the work requirements.
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Numerous independent analyses found that charge false, noting that the rule change requires states who want to try pilot projects to show they are raising the numbers of people leaving welfare for work.
Republicans for years said they had hoped to get changes in the landmark welfare reform of 1996 that would grant states flexibility in how they measure work requirements, with the idea being to focus more on outcomes than process.
The Republican Governors' Association under then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney asked for such waiver authority in 2005. And last year, after the Obama administration asked states for suggestions on how to get the federal government out of the way of getting people into jobs, the GOP administrations of Utah and Nevada asked for flexibility in the work requirements.
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Numerous independent analyses found that charge false, noting that the rule change requires states who want to try pilot projects to show they are raising the numbers of people leaving welfare for work.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/paul-ryan-house-welfare-vote_n_1901733.html
Does Obama’s Plan ‘Gut Welfare Reform’?
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/08/does-obamas-plan-gut-welfare-reform/
The GOP are nothing but a bunch of empty political suits.
