Congressman McDermott Blasts Republicans’ Deceptive Claims About TANF Emergency Fund

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2010.  In their new “YouCut” project, House Republicans call for the elimination of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund (TANF ECF) describing it as a “new non-reformed welfare program.”  One slight problem: the program they describe does not exist. TANF ECF does not include a program that would “incentivize” States to increase the number of people on welfare or allow States to increase the number of people receiving assistance…