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MichMan

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1. Why does there need to be a waiver?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2015, 07:04 AM

Nov 2015

If the legislation requiring the 20 hrs wasn't already Federal law, states wouldn't be able to refuse to apply for a waiver in the first place. This legislation was signed into law in 1996 (nearly 20 yrs ago) under the Welfare Reform Act. This should not even be an issue as it shouldn't have been signed in the first place and there have been plenty of opportunities to repeal it

What do our current candidates have to say about it?

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Why does there need to be a waiver? MichMan Nov 2015 #1