41.   Changes in federal welfare laws and a strong economy have moved many Americans off welfare into the work force.

42.   Changes in federal welfare eligibility for legal immigrant residents caused a six-fold jump in citizenship applications.

43.   Clinton also announced new federal welfare rules on Monday that penalize states that do not meet federal goals for putting people on welfare to work.

44.   Clinton, who has been criticized by some for ending the federal welfare program for poor children that Roosevelt began, made no direct allusion to his own record.

45.   Cohan, the lawyer for the workfare employees, insisted that City Hall was wrong to assert that state welfare rules are pre-empted by federal welfare law.

46.   Congress would end the federal welfare entitlement altogether, leaving the poor largely at the mercy of states, many of which are licking their chops at the prospect.

47.   Congress rewrote federal welfare rules last year in an effort to save tax dollars and to encourage more self-reliance among people using public benefits.

48.   Cuts in federal welfare spending may make it hard for cash-strapped states like Alabama to provide for its poorest residents.

49.   Criticism of the new federal welfare rules provided a unifying theme, but this was a catch-all rally, and attendees had the signs to prove it.

50.   Each state is entitled to a fixed amount of federal welfare money, regardless of how many people qualify for assistance.