91.   More than half the states failed to use the full amounts of their federal welfare grants last year.

92.   More than half the states failed to use the full amounts of their federal welfare grants last year, federal and state officials say.

93.   Nelson, however, was against a proposed cap on federal welfare spending.

94.   New York is one of a few states whose constitutions require them to take care of poor families after federal welfare benefits have expired.

95.   New state and federal welfare laws aimed at getting welfare recipients into jobs are also having an effect on the labor market.

96.   New York enacted the statute in response to the federal welfare law, which barred the use of federal funds for Medicaid benefits for legal immigrants.

97.   Now states, with federal welfare reform pushing back-to-work efforts, may be ready to experiment, Hobbs believes.

98.   Oklahoma, for example, is channeling part of its federal welfare block grant to finance a training course on marriage and relationship skills.

99.   Now Congress has voted to unravel the network of federal welfare programs that have supported the poor for decades, and President Clinton has pledged to sign the bill.

100.   On an issue of immense importance, the congressional Republicans decided to require states to continue spending their own money as a condition of getting federal welfare money.