16 Philly residents accused of welfare fraud
NBC Philadelphia - Sixteen Philadelphia residents are facing charges, accused of scamming the state welfare system out of $330,000.
GOP senator defends good grades for welfare bill
theGRIO REPORT - A Tennessee bill that would reduce welfare benefits to low-income families if their child performs poorly in school has gotten people talking...
New bill links welfare benefits with child's school performance
theGRIO REPORT - A piece of Tennessee legislation will penalize low-income families by reducing their welfare benefits if their child performs poorly in school if it is advanced...
Bill requiring women to prove rape withdrawn after backlash
theGRIO REPORT - A recently proposed Pennsylvania House bill that would have limited benefits to low-income women who give birth while on welfare - unless they can prove their pregnancy is a result of rape - has been withdrawn...
Penn. bill: Moms on welfare must prove rape
theGRIO REPORT - A recently proposed Pennsylvania House bill is seeking to limit welfare benefits to low-income women who give birth while they're covered under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program...
House moves to reverse administration welfare plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Thursday followed up Mitt Romney's remarks about people who get federal aid with a bill that would reverse what they call President Barack Obama's relaxation of welfare-to-work requirements...
Pat Buchanan: 'Obama is a drug dealer of welfare'
theGRIO REPORT - Pat Buchanan came to the defense of the Republican Presidential candidate, stating that Romney believes in temporary help for anyone that is trouble, but the president on the other hand is a ‘drug dealer of welfare'...
Tim Scott: I can make 'bigger impact' outside Black Caucus
theGRIO REPORT - South Carolina Rep. Tim Scott didn't join the Congressional Black Caucus because his goal is to impact Americans as a whole, and he sees the Tea Party as a positive force that's building a better America...
Santorum criticizes Obama on welfare reform
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Rick Santorum was one of Mitt Romney's toughest foes during the GOP presidential race, but the former Pennsylvania senator plans to help Romney appeal to the party's conservative base...
Is Mitt Romney running a 'racialized' campaign?
OPINION - Romney said this election would be about jobs, but continually took hard right stances during the primary that played right into the hands of racial resentment and xenophobia...
