Most of the activity aimed at easing the 1996 laws has focused on restoring welfare benefits that were eliminated for legal immigrants and refugees.
Just before passing the Republican bill today, the House voted 222 to 198 against a Democratic alternative that would have provided more money for child care and would have restored welfare benefits to legal immigrants who have not become citizens.
Under the restriction, the lawyers can help clients who are seeking to receive or restore specific welfare benefits, but may not become involved in "an effort to amend or otherwise challenge existing law".
This only adds to my puzzlement: I don't really see how it's possible to read and understand Atkinson (topline: the first step to reduce inequality is to restore the welfare state) and be a member of the Conservative party.
The Commission concludes that the government and the regulators are not fully committed to protecting public health and safety; that they have not acted to protect the health of the residents and to restore their welfare.
Overview of Lesson Plan: In this lesson, students research wetlands in the United States and create visual aids for use in oral presentations that make recommendations on preserving or restoring wetland welfare.
It will restore to our welfare state the values upon which it was built.
They plowed the fields and planted the seeds -- sometimes on bloody ground -- that twentieth-century leaders used to restore 'the general welfare' as a pillar of American democracy.
During the Regina convention she staked out a policy of creating jobs and restoring social-welfare programmes after the harsh years of deficit-cutting.
Reciprocity could help create a contributions-based benefits system that can restore trust in the welfare state.
