71.   Hundreds of thousands more are likely to lose those bonuses as an increasing number of states begin putting the new federal welfare law to work.

72.   Huffington argued for elimination of federal welfare spending, replacing it with block grants to local governments.

73.   If she can become a U.S. citizen, she will not lose her benefits as a result of federal welfare reform.

74.   If enacted, the legislation would codify many of the incremental changes that several states have already made in federal welfare programs that date back to the Depression era.

75.   Implementing the first phase of a new federal welfare reform package, Governor Pete Wilson has signed an executive order that denies most state services to illegal immigrants.

76.   In general, families could not receive federal welfare benefits for more than five years.

77.   In one of the clearest examples, Ohio used federal welfare funding to pay for Head Start preschool education, and shifted state Head Start funds elsewhere.

78.   In the past, states could receive federal welfare money only if their plans had been approved by the secretary of health and human services.

79.   In this way, states use federal welfare grants to make it profitable for private businesses to employ welfare recipients.

80.   In the meantime, other organizations are prepared to help them to apply for whatever federal welfare benefits and health care they may be eligible to receive.