{"id":28615,"date":"2012-07-16T07:02:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T13:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/16\/if-he-walked-on-water-theyd-say-he-was-against-swimming.html"},"modified":"2012-07-16T07:02:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T13:02:46","slug":"if-he-walked-on-water-theyd-say-he-was-against-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/16\/if-he-walked-on-water-theyd-say-he-was-against-swimming.html","title":{"rendered":"If he walked on water they&#39;d say he was against swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Republican governors in Utah and Nevada asked for adjustments in how work by TANF recipients was reported to the federal government, and HHS agreed to some waivers that still required the states to push recipients toward working, the Heritage Foundation and Fox News publicized that the Obama Administration was &quot;gutting&quot; the requirements. Of course.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediamatters.org%2Fstatic%2Fclips%2F2012%2F07%2F13%2F25504%2Ffbn-dobbs-20120713-wavier.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/research\/2012\/07\/15\/conservative-media-freak-out-over-improvement-t\/187141'>Conservative Media Freak Out Over Improvement To Welfare Reform<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn response to requests from Republican-led states, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it will consider allowing states to create more efficient ways to report on the work requireme&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/VMydDDfSZtF' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Republican governors in Utah and Nevada asked for adjustments in how work by TANF recipients was reported to the federal government, and HHS agreed to some waivers that still required the states to push recipients toward working, the Heritage Foundation and Fox News publicized that the Obama Administration was &quot;gutting&quot; the requirements. 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