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Kyshima Montgomery, 23, is accused of leading a conspiracy to steal money from the state welfare system. (Photo courtesy of Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office)

16 Philly residents accused of welfare fraud

Lauren DiSanto, NBC Philadelphia
NBC Philadelphia - Sixteen Philadelphia residents are facing charges, accused of scamming the state welfare system out of $330,000.
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GOP senator defends good grades for welfare bill

Carrie Healey
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...
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New bill links welfare benefits with child's school performance

Carrie Healey
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...
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Prior to this study, stillbirths had been linked to birth defects, problems with the placenta, infections and chronic health conditions.

Bill requiring women to prove rape withdrawn after backlash

Ugonna Okpalaoka
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low-income women who give birth while on welfare - unless they can prove their pregnancy is a result of rape - has been withdrawn...
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Prior to this study, stillbirths had been linked to birth defects, problems with the placenta, infections and chronic health conditions.

Penn. bill: Moms on welfare must prove rape

Ugonna Okpalaoka
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...
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U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) (C), Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) (L), Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) (2nd L), Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) (4th L), and House Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (R) arrive at a news conference March 21, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Rep. Cantor and other House Republicans held a news conference to unveil the 'Small Business Tax Cut Act of 2012.' (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

House moves to reverse administration welfare plan

Jim Abrams, Associated Press
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...
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WASHINGTON - JUNE 24:  Political commentator Pat Buchanan debate during a taping of 'Meet the Press' at the NBC Studios June 24, 2007 in Washington, DC. Gutierrez and Buchanan discussed immigration reform in the U.S. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the Press)

Pat Buchanan: 'Obama is a drug dealer of welfare'

Abdul Sada
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'...
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U.S. Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 28, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Today is the first full session of the RNC after the start was delayed due to Tropical Storm Isaac. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Tim Scott: I can make 'bigger impact' outside Black Caucus

Joy-Ann Reid
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...
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Santorum criticizes Obama on welfare reform

Associated Press
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...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney walks off of his campaign plane past Donald Trump's plane after landing at McCarran International Airport on May 29, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mitt Romney will campaign and hold fundraisers Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Is Mitt Romney running a 'racialized' campaign?

Mychal Denzel Smith
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...
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