would only approve waivers that led to more people going to work but conservative lawmakers are extremely skeptical in part because they see the president and h.h.s. trying to grab powers resevened for congress. there is a disturbing pattern of who things that occurred. increased dependency on the federal government and increase in power of the president of the central government. recent dispute over the advertising food stamps increased skepticism over dependency. jay carney says it was a response to request from governors! last year, state esled by democrat and republican including nevada and utah called for the waiver. utah s request for a waiver was limited to flexibility on the reporting requirement not the work mandate itself and letter from governor herbert questioned whether h.h.s. could act on its own. saying, utah understood that h.h.s. did not have waiver authority. the reauthorization of the welfare reform law is two