Score another victory for the GOP. Work requirements for welfare folks have been reinstated. Hats off to the GOP.

Since Obama issued a special order, in July of 2012,  allowing HHS to lower work standards for welfare recipients,  standards that have been in place since the Clinton years,  standards that were signed into law by Bill Clinton,  lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed their displeasure.  Today,  a bill that reverses Obama’s order,  passed through both houses of congress,  and made it to his desk.  He signed the bill,  knowing full well,  that a possible over-ride was the next step,  something he did not want to face.  

H.R. 890 prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from waiving work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.  Specifically, the legislation prevents the Secretary from finalizing, implementing, enforcing or otherwise taking any action to give effect to the Information Memorandum that was issued on July 12, 2012 by the Department of Health and Human Services, as it relates to the TANF program and its work requirement. The prohibition includes any administration action that relates to the work requirement or any similar policy. In addition, H.R. 890 prohibits the Secretary from authorizing, approving, renewing, modifying or extending any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act that waives compliance with Section 407, the mandatory work requirement, contained in TANF .  Source:  GOP.gov