Obama Scrubs Welfare Reform Dating Back to Bill Clinton, Prefers Money for Nothing

Daily Caller - The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the controversial July 12 rule that allow states to opt out of the successful, bipartisan and popular 1996 welfare reform law that required people on welfare to also work to maintain those benefits.

Bill Clinton Signing Welfare Reform Law in 1996

Both OMB and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius approved the new rules, Kenneth Wolfe, the department’s deputy director of public affairs, told The Daily Caller.

The department will not be holding a press conference about the rules, which remove a core element of the successful reform that halved the taxpayers’ welfare caseload. The OMB is part of the White House, and works directly for President Barack Obama.

The new rule says HHS will welcome state proposals to replace work requirements with alternatives, such as job-training or classroom attendance.
Both OMB and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius approved the new rules, Kenneth Wolfe, the department’s deputy director of public affairs, told the The Daily Caller. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Obama Scrubs Welfare Reform Dating Back to Bill Clinton, Prefers Money for Nothing