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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
It is no coincidence that HHS would attempt to write their release in a way to hide the true implications.

If the GAO report confirms what is stated as true in the senate.gov press release it is a MAJOR blow not just to Obama but against the "fact check" media attempting to debunk Romney's claim.

If this is true then more people will question the credibility of news sources and consider them anti-romney. I guess what the right says about the "liberal media" is proving to be correct.[/quote]

The HHS document is an official memorandum that lays out policy. It is not a press release. Policy statements should be as clear as possible in order to be useful. You can read the memorandum yourself if you wish:

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/policy/im-ofa/2012/im201203/im201203.html

It seems pretty clear to me.

On the other hand, two partisan Members of Congress have much more motivation to hide the true implications of the GAO report.

I agree with you on this:

"If the GAO report confirms what is stated as true in the senate.gov press release it is a MAJOR blow not just to Obama but against the "fact check" media attempting to debunk Romney's claim. "

However, I strongly doubt that GAO report is going to confirm anything from Hatch's press release other than the GAO believes the memorandum should be submitted to Congress. I will bet money that the report does not say that work requirements were gutted. Of course, the memorandum allows work requirements to be waived, but the law allows that. However, it allows the specific work requirements to be waived in lieu of stronger work requirements.

Again, I will bet money that the GAO report does not validate Romney's false ads that state that Obama gutted the work requirements.
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