91.   Mine operators and their insurance companies fund the black lung benefits program, though the Labor Department runs it.

92.   Some Republicans criticized the measure for creating new federal benefit programs.

93.   Social Security, the largest federal benefit program, last year saw a three-year delay in the year it would exhaust its funds.

94.   The data on the total number of people in the benefits program lags a week behind the information on new filings.

95.   The huge benefit program is collecting more in payroll taxes than it is paying out in benefits.

96.   Virtually untouched were the one-half of spending that is accounted for by so-called government benefit programs, such as Social Security, Medicare and farm subsidies.

97.   You could obtain coverage under a retiree health benefit program if your employer offers one.

98.   A change which would lower the inflation rate would generate huge savings in federal benefits programs which are tied to the inflation rate.

99.   Their problem, however, is determining which government programs -- especially popular social benefits programs -- to cut in order to both balance the budget and cut taxes.