![Graph depicting Republican Politicians Radically Overstate Anti-Poverty Spending](/img/x118.gif.pagespeed.ic.vUTDga3El5.png)
Description: The Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee issued a press release claiming that we spend $5,100 per month. Actual welfare spending per family living in poverty is only $760 per month.
Sources: Weekly Standard In These Times
Data: Excel
Last updated: March 16, 2016