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Latest Fact-Checks In Welfare

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Terry Jeffrey
Terry Jeffrey
stated on January 21, 2015 a column in TownHall.com
There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 13, 2015 his book, "American Dreams"
"If people work and make more money, they lose more in benefits than they would earn in salary."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • January 14, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 11, 2014 social media postings
"Newly Elected Republican Senators Sign Pledge to Eliminate Food Stamp Program in 2015."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 6, 2015
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2014 an interview
"A single parent with a couple kids can easily get $35,000 a year" in public assistance in Wisconsin. 
Mostly False
December 12, 2014
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
AmericanNews.com
AmericanNews.com
stated on November 2, 2014 a web post
"Congress Approves Bill Offering Free Cars To Welfare Recipients."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Burns • November 17, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 18, 2014 a campaign ad
Says "President Obama hijacked the farm bill (and) turned it into a food stamp bill."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • September 19, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on July 22, 2014 a television ad
A tax plan promoted by North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis will "overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 25, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 8, 2014 comments on Fox News
"More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on May 20, 2014 a segment on "The Ed Show"
Walmart employees receive "roughly $5,800" in public assistance per year.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 23, 2014
Georgia Department of Public Health
Georgia Department of Public Health
stated on April 7, 2014 department blog post
"Georgia has the nation's fifth largest Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition program, serving more than 270,000 mothers, babies and children every day."
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 15, 2014
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on April 4, 2014 a radio interview
When Republicans last controlled the presidency and Congress, "the number of people on food stamps (and) the number of people in low-income housing went through the roof."  
Mostly True
April 10, 2014
Brian Kilmeade
Brian Kilmeade
stated on January 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends"
Says Colorado food stamp recipients can use ATMs to get cash to buy marijuana.
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech
"The average rate of fraud" in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps programs "is 20 to 25 percent."  
Pants on Fire!
January 20, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 12, 2013 a tweet
In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data" via health care.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 4, 2014
Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
stated on December 4, 2013 an episode of CNN's "Crossfire"
"60 percent of people on food assistance are working."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • December 11, 2013
Brad Blakeman
Brad Blakeman
stated on October 31, 2013 an interview on Fox News
"When is a farm bill not a farm bill? When 90 percent of it is for food stamps."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2013
Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes
stated on October 25, 2013 a broadcast of the Charlie Sykes Show on WTMJ
"The number of Americans who receive means-tested government benefits -- welfare -- now outnumbers those who are year-round full-time workers."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2013
Jason Conger
Jason Conger
stated on October 15, 2013 a campaign speech.
Says "there are actually more people in poverty now than there were when we started" the War on Poverty.  
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 24, 2013
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