claim: says mitt romney asked for a waiver from federal welfare rules.
author: rahm emanuel
evidence_1: aug 9, 2012 ... a mitt romney tv ad claims the obama administration has adopted “a plan to gut  welfare reform by dropping work requirements. ... under the new policy, states  can now seek a federal waiver from work-participation rules that, among other  things, require welfare recipients to engage in one of 12 specific ...
evidence_2: nov 4, 2015 ... john kasich pursuing welfare policy republicans hated in 2012. he's setting up  a stark contrast from mitt romney's campaign. by arthur delaney. associated  press. ohio gov. john kasich (r) wants this much leeway from federal welfare  rules. (ap photo/mark j. terrill) ...
evidence_3: jul 13, 2012 ... “president obama now wants to strip the established work requirements from  welfare,” mitt romney said in a statement. ... and families, defends the changes  to the law as giving states extra flexibility — flexibility that the administration says  the states themselves have asked the federal government for.
evidence_4: aug 7, 2012 ... mitt romney wants to talk about welfare. a romney ad opens with a picture of  president bill clinton signing the 1996 landmark welfare reform act, which shifted  the program from indefinite ... the memo outlined, using the jargon of a federal  bureaucracy, the kinds of waivers that would be considered.
evidence_5: the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996 ( prwora) is a united states federal law considered to be a major welfare reform . the bill was a cornerstone of the republican contract with america and was  authored by rep. e. clay shaw, jr. (r-fl-22). president bill clinton signed  prwora ...