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Romney Offers Faint Support For Rick Scott Scheme

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.17.2012

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he does not disapprove of Florida Gov. Rick Scott's efforts to drug-test state workers...

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The Bad Research Behind Georgia's Welfare Drug Testing Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.23.2012

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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed a law last week that will soon require welfare applicants to pay for drug tests and pass them in order to be eligi...

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Just as We Suspected: Florida Saved Nothing by Drug Testing Welfare Applicants

Rachel Bloom | Posted 04.18.2012

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We already knew that Florida's welfare drug testing law was a failure; what we didn't know was just how much of a failure it was. Until now.

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Georgia Gov Signs Bill To Require Drug Testing For Welfare Benefits

AP | ERRIN HAINES | Posted 04.16.2012

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ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation that would require thousands of people applying for welfare to pass a drug test before...

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GOP Rep: 'We're Not Naïve' About Potential Drug Testing Challenges

AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 03.17.2012

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ATLANTA -- A push to require drug tests for people seeking welfare payments in Georgia is nearly certain to be challenged in court if passed, as judge...

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What Are You People, on Dope?

Dave Pederson | Posted 05.14.2012

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Around the nation we have GOP politicians trying to con the masses into believing that the poor are sucking the system dry, all the while toking, snorting and shooting their days away on the tax payers' dollars.

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Consistency, Consistency, Consistency

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.13.2012

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"Please urinate into this little cup here before we begin processing your tax statement. Once you've done that, we'll be happy to process your mortgage interest deduction and give you that refund I know you've been looking forward to."

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Drug-Testing Welfare Recipients: A Trend With No Traction

Rachel Bloom | Posted 05.08.2012

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Two months into the state legislative session, not a single welfare drug testing bill has passed into law. In fact, in state after state these bills are dying, in part due to the high costs of implementing such laws.

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Welfare Drug Testing Rejected In Wyoming

AP | BOB MOEN | Posted 05.06.2012

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming lawmakers have killed a bill that would have required drug testing for welfare recipients. The state Senate rejected t...

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Lawmakers Get A Pass In Bill To Drug Test Florida State Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.27.2012

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A Florida state lawmaker is pushing a bill requiring state agencies to test their workers for drugs. But the bill wouldn't mandate testing for all pub...

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Romney: Controversial Plan Is An 'Excellent Idea'

AP | By BEN NEARY and IVAN MORENO | Posted 02.25.2012

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Conservatives who say welfare recipients should have to pass a drug test to receive government assistance have momentum on their sid...

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Romney Praises Rick Scott's 'Excellent Idea'

Posted 02.10.2012

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A bill for drug testing welfare recipients has recently been on the table in Georgia, and at a campaign stop in Atlanta Mitt Romney told the NBC affil...

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The Daily Show Brilliantly Shows Hypocrisy of Lawmakers Drug Testing the Poor for Benefits

Tony Newman | Posted 04.04.2012

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The Daily Show has done the best journalism to date on the growing trend of opportunistic lawmakers introducing legislation to drug test people who receive unemployment benefits.

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Daily Show Targets Contentious Florida Law

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 02.03.2012

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The Daily Show went after Florida's highly debated welfare drug testing law in a Thursday night segment featuring state Rep. Scott Plakon (R-Longwood)...

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House Republicans Want To Ban Welfare Debit Card Use At Strip Clubs, Liquor Stores

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.01.2012

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Struggling families will no longer be allowed to withdraw welfare funds at automated teller machines in liquor stores, casinos or strip clubs if Repub...

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Indiana Lawmakers Advance Drug Testing For Welfare Applicants And Themselves

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.01.2012

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The Indiana House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday that would drug test people who apply for welfare, along with members of the Indiana Gene...

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Welfare Drug Testing Bill Withdrawn After Amended To Include Testing Lawmakers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.29.2012

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A Republican member of the Indiana General Assembly withdrew his bill to create a pilot program for drug testing welfare applicants Friday after one o...

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In South Carolina, The Plot To 'Welfarize' Unemployment Insurance

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.20.2012

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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Republicans in South Carolina, including the presidential candidates campaigning there this week, think Thomas Ritter should have to...

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State Rep Who Backed Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients Arrested For DUI

Posted 01.16.2012

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Kip Smith, a Republican state congressman from Georgia and sponsor of a bill that would have submitted all welfare recipients to random drug testing, ...

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Judge Hands Rick Scott Initiative A Setback

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER and KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 12.24.2011

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge temporarily blocked Florida's new law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving bene...

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Rick Scott Backs Drug Testing Welfare Recipients, Public Workers And Himself

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.27.2011

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is standing by his state's new policy of drug testing welfare recipients even after the American Civil Liberties Union cha...

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ACLU: Florida's Welfare Drug Testing Law Is Unconstitutional

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 11.07.2011

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MIAMI — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing to block Florida's new law requiring new welfare recipients to pass a drug test, filing the ...

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