11.   It establishes a lifetime limit of five years for welfare payments to any family and requires most adults to work within two years of receiving aid.

12.   It requires able-bodied adults to work after two years on welfare and limits lifetime welfare benefits to five years.

13.   It would establish a lifetime limit of five years for welfare payments to any family and would require most adults to work within two years of receiving aid.

14.   It would establish a lifetime limit of five years on welfare payments to any family and would require most adults to work within two years of receiving aid.

15.   Overall, the bill would limit lifetime assistance to U.S. citizens to five years and require able-bodied adults to work after two years.

16.   Overall, the bill would limit lifetime assistance to U.S. citizens to five years, and require able-bodied adults to work after two years.

17.   Reversing a previous position, Gov. George Pataki plans to seek a waiver from new federal welfare rules requiring adults to work in exchange for food stamps.

18.   Setting lifetime limits on aid to families and requiring most able-bodied adults to work after two years on the dole sounds reasonable to many Americans.

19.   The new law limits lifetime assistance to U.S. citizens to five years and requires able-bodied adults to work after two years.