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Media Blackout: GAO Says Obama’s Welfare Waivers Illegal

 

September 11, 2012 | Filed under 2012 Presidential Race,Barack Obama,Big government,Congress,corruption,Culture Of Corruption,Democrats,Liberals,Media | Posted by Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston

On Sept. 4, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) made a startling assertion saying that Obama circumvented the law when he summarily waived the work requirements in the welfare law. Perhaps not as shocking, to date, few news outlets seem interested in the story.

In its Sept. 4 letter, the GAO found that Health and Human Services (HHS) should have formally submitted a letter of its intent to make the changes to Congress and the Comptroller General before any waivers can be legally issued.

The letter also said that the GAO had not determined if HHS had the legal right to Scissors-32x32.png


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