11.   -- He opposes cutting off government benefit payments to immigrants, once they become U.S. citizens.

12.   After that, the immigrant becomes eligible to receive government benefits.

13.   After serving in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, many say they have found themselves with no reliable government health benefit.

14.   But most Democrats remain adamant that Social Security should remain a guaranteed government benefit, not subject to the ups and downs of the markets.

15.   But people have grown increasingly dependent on government benefits, ranging from crop subsidies to social-security checks.

16.   But she made no mention of planks that would deny government benefits to illegal immigrants and suggest that assistance to legal immigrants be limited.

17.   But they also know that retirees are averse to parting with the government benefits they consider their due and that have helped make them self-sufficient.

18.   But Wilson has also specialized in securing government benefits, grants and defense contracts for citizens and industries in his district.

19.   Clinton has also expressed concerns about parts of the House and Senate legislation, including the verification system and certain restrictions on government benefits.

20.   Cutting the CPI makes it easier to balance the budget, because it is used to index government benefits such as Social Security and government retiree pensions.