Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120717:20:33:00
Republicans are all for cutting through federal bureaucracy and allowing states more flexibility, so while it makes if r a great sound bite, not exactly true and it's actually really awkward argument for them. >> let's get to the bacon, brother perry. the president isn't getting the welfare requirement, is he? can you explain what the white house is trying to do here because obviously, it is been an approach. tell us what's going on here. >> in '96, the welfare law basically imposed the requirement -- in order to get aid from the federal government. the law was passed at a time in which the ec...