31.   The current welfare system is dysfunctional.

32.   The measure makes numerous changes to the current welfare system.

33.   The Pataki administration is also considering several other plans that would mark major departures from current welfare policies.

34.   The vote followed a year of work on the bill by Republicans, who say the current welfare system traps its beneficiaries in poverty.

35.   The work requirements of the current welfare law have rendered obsolete that way of life.

36.   They said the current welfare system fostered dependence by guaranteeing an independent income to young, unmarried mothers.

37.   They said the bill had been somewhat improved and was, in any event, better than the current welfare system.

38.   They said the current welfare system must be abolished because it trapped people in poverty.

39.   Under current welfare rules, single adults who miss a single hour of work can see their entire case closed.