Welfare

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April 1, 2013

Tennessee bill: Welfare benefits depend on child’s school performance

theGRIO REPORT - A piece of Tennessee legislation will penalize low-income families by reducing their welfare benefits if their child…
October 26, 2012

Pennsylvania bill requiring women to prove rape is withdrawn

theGRIO REPORT - A recently proposed Pennsylvania House bill that would have limited benefits to low-income women who give birth…
October 25, 2012

Proposed Pennsylvania bill would require mothers on welfare to prove rape

theGRIO REPORT - A recently proposed Pennsylvania House bill is seeking to limit welfare benefits to low-income women who give…
September 20, 2012

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…
September 19, 2012

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…
August 30, 2012

Rep. 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…
August 28, 2012

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…
August 28, 2012

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…
August 24, 2012

Ryan says Obama undercuts welfare reform law

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says President Barack Obama wants to ease work requirements for…
August 23, 2012

Is welfare a wedge issue for Mitt Romney?

OPINION - Is Mitt Romney trying to stoke white resentment to beat President Obama?...
August 20, 2012

Romney accuses Obama of 'gutting welfare reform'

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney is renewing his criticism of President Barack Obama's welfare policy, accusing him in…
August 8, 2012

Clinton criticizes Romney ad on welfare reform law

NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is taking exception to a campaign ad by Mitt Romney that asserts…
August 7, 2012

Romney accuses Obama of dismantling welfare reform

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (AP) - Making a play for middle-class voters, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sought Tuesday to…
July 19, 2012

Obama administration defends welfare-to-work waivers

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is defending a plan to waive parts of the federal welfare-to-work law for states...
June 15, 2012

Tea Party board member under fire for racist joke

At a rally this weekend in Arkansas a Tea Party board member, Inge Marler, made a racist joke that drew…
June 7, 2012

David Barton: People are on welfare because they don't read the Bible

theGRIO REPORT - David Barton a self-described historian and online radio host took aim at welfare recipients on his radio…
June 6, 2012

Georgia testing policy not catching 'jobless druggies' so far

The Huffington Post reports Georgia has begun to require drug testing for people who receive unemployment benefits and other public…
March 27, 2012

Trayvon Martin protesters ransacked North Miami Beach Walgreens

MIAMI - North Miami Beach Police are investigating after a group of high school students who walked out of school…
March 27, 2012

Herman Cain says no animals harmed in his new ad

Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain did an interview with conservative radio host Neal Boortz recently where he explained that…
March 2, 2012

States may begin drug testing welfare recipients

the GRIO REPORT - Experts say it may be even harder for many black Americans to get welfare as 23…