Government Accountability Office-Obama circumvented the law (Congress, legal, solution, 9/11)

[hogstooth]

The empty chair obama is trashing welfare reform.


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

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 even make such waivers available. The GAO is basically saying that the Obama administration is breaking the law with its waivers.

But, according to a review of the shocking news of the GAO's determination, neither CNN, nor CBS, nor ABC have bothered to report the story.

For their part, Republicans and GOP nominee Mitt Romney have maintained that Obama's gutting of the work requirements in the welfare law was an illicit move.

Former U.S. Representative Ron Haskins, who helped pass the work requirements back in 1996, feels that Obama acted improperly by summarily changing the rules without going through Congress saying, "But [HHS] didn’t even consult with the Republicans.

They knew the spirit of the law, and they violated that."
Ways and Means Committee Chairman, Representative Dave Camp, agrees with Haskins. Camp says that the move was an "end run" around Congress.

GAO: Obama Admin Circumvented Law with Welfare Waivers | cnsnews.com

[LoveToRow]

Why would the propaganda wing of the Obama campaign do anything to hurt his chances of re-election?

[katzpaw]

This is the source document: http://waysandmeans.house.gov/upload..._sept_2012.pdf

The HHS informally submitted the changes to Congress but the GOA says that they must formally submit the changes to Congress before it can become law. Note - a Congressional vote not required to make it law. All that has to happen is a formal submission to Congress.

Gutting Welfare: GAO Says Obama Must Submit Work Requirement Waiver Plan to Congress - Kevin Glass
Under the rule that the GAO cited, all that's required is that the Administration submit the proposed plan in writing to Congress, not that it requires a vote to be implemented. As FDL reported, Congress would have to submit a joint resolution to "review" the regulation, and that might require 60 votes in the Senate. However, House Republicans can still make a lot of noise to try to raise awareness about these new welfaire work requirement waivers and possibly force an uncomfortable vote in the Senate.

[KUchief25]

Law? Obama is above the law. He only obeys and enforces the ones he wants too.

[HappyTexan]

They can do whatever they want. Who is going to stop them ?
Has anyone tried to stop them in the past for what they did that was not quite above board ?

Congress voices their complaints to the press but they don't do a single thing to reverse or correct it.

[KUchief25]

Laws...............We don't need no stinking laws!!

[hogstooth]

House introduces bill to block obamas' welfare work waiver
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