A law passed in 1996 explicitly bars most immigrants, even those with legal status, from receiving almost any federal benefits.

1996年通过的一项法律明确禁止大多数移民，甚至是拥有合法身份的移民，接受差不多任何的联邦福利。

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Federal benefits are unavailable to lesbian and gay couples even in Massachusetts, the only state that allows those couples to obtain marriage licenses.

同志伴侣不能享有联邦权益，即使在美国唯一允许同志伴侣拥有结婚证书的马萨诸塞州也是如此。

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered the dam removed after concluding that the environmental and economic benefits of a free-flowing river outweighed the electricity generated by the dam.

美国联邦能源监管委员会得出结论说，一条自由流动的河流所带来的环境和经济效益超过了大坝产生的电力，因此下令拆除大坝。

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Although thousands of people now identify as Taino, the tribe has yet to receive official government recognition or the federal benefits that accompany it.

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The slow pace of recovery is bad news for more than a million Americans who will stop receiving unemployment benefits after Congress adjourned for the holiday weekend without extending federal aid.

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On the contrary, these statutes expressly refer to color in the allotment of federal benefits.

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Legal immigrants who do not become citizens would be ineligible for most federal benefits.

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Federal benefits for a favored few businesses also unfairly put business competitors at a competitive disadvantage.

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