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Reality Check: Did Obama really gut welfare reform, did Romney really ask for it?

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By Ben Swann - bio | email
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You've probably seen the TV ads claiming that President Obama has gutted welfare reform and that Governor Mitt Romney will restore the welfare work requirement.

But is there something the Romney campaign isn't telling you about Governor Romney's own stance of welfare?

Ben sat down exclusively one on two with Governor Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan and asked the governor about what he said about welfare work requirements in 2005.

This is a Reality Check you won't see anywhere else.

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