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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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!
By Tom Kertscher • 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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