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Bid to Restore Food Stamp Cuts Fails in Senate
Hundreds of thousands of food stamp recipients will lose at least $90 a month in benefits, after an amendment to the farm bill failed badly in the Senate. The Senate overwhelmingly rejected a bid to...
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Romney Attacks Obama on “Gutting Welfare Reform,” But Nobody Notes that...
The issue of welfare reform has been germinating on the right for a few weeks now, ever since the Obama Administration granted waivers that conservatives claim would subvert the work requirements...
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More on the Irrelevant Welfare Debate in the Presidential Campaign
This welfare dustup in the Presidential election, as I said earlier in the week, generates a lot of heat as an argument while being irrelevant to the actual issue. Newt Gingrich, the architect of...
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Republican Campaign Was Always Going to Highlight a Race-Based Appeal
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Lots of people are talking about Chris Matthews teeing off on Reince Priebus today, accusing the GOP of “playing the race...
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Lying in Post-Fact America
Last night, I considered firing up my Commodore 64 (yes, that’s what I use, what else is out there?) and documenting all the lies in Paul Ryan’s RNC convention speech. I could join TPM and The New...
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GAO Clears Way for Congressional Votes on Disputed Welfare Waivers
The Government Accountability Office has issued a ruling on the Obama Administration’s offer of waivers on the welfare program, which Republicans have falsely claimed would “end the work requirement...
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House Committee Passes Resolution of Disapproval for HHS Welfare Waivers
The House Ways and Means Committee passed a resolution today that would overturn the Administration’s new welfare waiver policy under an oversight law called the Congressional Review Act. Another vote...
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Low-Productive Congress Finishes Spending Bill, Beats War Drums With Iran on...
Let me just recap Congress’ final day on Friday, though I could recap the entire 112th Congress and still need to include something else to fill out the blog post. On Friday, the Senate finished off...
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The Neglected Issue of the Invisible Poor
Poor people don’t vote. At least, they don’t vote in proportion with their share of the population. And they certainly don’t “vote” in the sense that politicians would notice, by attending...
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Pelosi Says Chained CPI Would Strengthen Social Security
Nancy Pelosi Republican craziness has stopped a deal from happening on the fiscal slope, and really nothing else. Because here’s Nancy Pelosi yesterday on chained CPI, a benefit cut to Social Security...
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Silicon Valley Makes Another Attempt To Dodge Taxes With G20
Silicon Valley likes to present itself as some hub of boot strapping entrepreneurs, nothing could be further from the truth. The entire economy is built on government subsidies and protection. As...
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1996 Welfare Reform Law Caused Increase In Extreme Poverty
New Republic Magazine endorsing 1996 welfare reform. The 1996 welfare reform law championed by the Clinton Administration known as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act...
View ArticleDrug Testing Welfare Applicants Was Waste Of Time And Money
The relentless campaign to demonize poor people suffered a setback this week when it was revealed that a Tennessee program to drug test welfare applicants was a tremendous waste of time and money....
View Article‘Where To Invade Next’ Shows Americans Can Live Better If They Believe...
An Italian couple, who Michael Moore interviews in his new film, share their desire to possibly live in the United States one day. Moore informs the Italian couple they would be giving up paid vacation...
View ArticleFive Americans Who Benefited From Welfare Share Their Fears About Trump
President-elect Donald Trump, business tycoon and bureaucratic snake oil merchant, is no stranger to anti-poverty rhetoric. Bootstrap mythology makes up the very backbone of his political ideology. In...
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