111.   The definition is crucial because it determines if benefits are paid and for how long.

112.   The current federal pledge to pay welfare benefits to any person meeting statutory requirements would be gone.

113.   The deal has gotten worse ever since, as each generation pays benefits for those who joined the system earlier.

114.   The Democrats also worried that states might use that newfound freedom from federal requirements to stop using their own money to help pay welfare benefits.

115.   The excess revenue goes into a trust fund out of which future benefits can be paid.

116.   The GOP plan would require states to pay benefits to recipients for at least two years, but no longer than five years, except in special hardship cases.

117.   The government ran up trillions of dollars of debt by paying benefits to earlier retirees far beyond what they paid into the system.

118.   The government relies on the payroll tax to pay benefits to current retirees.

119.   The law extended the list of events that companies must report to the PBGC that might have an impact on their ability to pay pension benefits.

120.   The money goes into a trust fund, essentially a savings account, from which unemployment benefits are paid.