Well, I guess what I am trying to understand is whether it would make sense, in this reauthorization that is contemplated here in the next couple to 3 months, for Congress and for the Federal Government to essentially say, all right, this is a block grant, but you have to spend a certain percentage of this block grant--each State has to spend a certain percent of it doing a certain set of things.
Senator Bingaman questions the spending requirements for TANF block grants in upcoming reauthorization.
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