11.   Welfare provisions in the Senate bill may help the Bush administration round up a few more Democrats in the House.

12.   But wages, job security and social welfare provisions are still well below European norms.

13.   He said European nations had been slower in responding to global competition due to heavy state involvement in the economy, including extensive welfare provisions.

14.   In a speech on Saturday, the day after he became party leader on Friday, Persson aid that the SDP remained committed to widespread welfare provision.

15.   Employers say industry can no longer afford such generous welfare provisions.

16.   Reducing deficits would ensure help guarantee welfare provisions, Aznar said.