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Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2007
To provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 12/19/2007--Introduced.
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2007 - Provides that a federal employee and his or her domestic partner shall be entitled to benefits available to, and shall be subject to obligations imposed upon, a married federal employee and his or her s... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House | | Voted on by Senate | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| December 19, 2007 |
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In the News
January 02, 2008 Extending Benefits
In the House, the legislation (HR 4838) was introduced by Reps. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.; Chris Shays, R-Conn.; Henry Waxman, D-Calif.; and Tom Davis, R-Va. ...
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October 07, 2008 Domestic partner benefits: Not as costly as you might think
The ability to compete with the private sector to recruit top-notch workers is often cited as a main argument in support of the federal government extending health care and other benefits normally reserved for married couples to ...
September 27, 2008 More on the DPBO hearing
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), who authors the companion bill, HR 4838, in the House, said: "I welcome this Senate hearing and consider it one more step in our march toward full equality. Only when we eliminate discriminatory ...
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September 25, 2008 Senate Holds Hearings on Domestic Partner Benefits
The Senate held its first-ever hearing Wednesday on the issue of partner benefits for federal employees. The landmark hearing was called by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and titled âDomestic Partner ...
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Anything less is bigotry.
I support this bill to support domestic partners sharing benefits. Further, I support gay marriage.
Equality in marriage for homosexuals does not just benefit homosexuals, it benefits the entire society. My wife of twenty some years figured out that she was repressing her true orientation as a lesbian. If she could marry her partner, they both could check the box "married" on their 1040 form, and that would legally end my obligation to pay her spousal support (aka alimony). But NOOOOO. They can't get married, so they cohabitate and live as if they are married, and I still pay alimony. I've been a nice guy and allowed a "legal separation" to linger so she can continue to be on my health insurance, but if she could get married, she'd get better health insurance from her partner, who is a veteran; but instead...I'm still technically "married" and can't get on with my life to remarry my fiance. This situation is preventing me from having a "marriage between a man and a woman"...so I'm cohabitating with her.
Do you see how non-recognition of my 2-b-x's relationship as a marriage is hurting the "marriage between a man and a woman?". I mean, come on! Get off your homophobia and treat everyone equally. It is not marrying your dog, it is not marrying a third person...stop with all of those lame comparisons. Once upon a time we didn't allow marriage between two races. Thomas Jefferson had a common law marriage with a black woman. Get with Canada and other civilized countries and recognize that allowing marriage between two loving human beings, regardless of gender, is the moral and holy right thing to do, even if government really should stay out of the whole thing like others are saying. Unfortunately, the government has that damn 1040 form with it's "filing status" definition. Will you add a box that says "domestic partnership"? I don't think so. So the only solution to my problem is to allow marriage between two adults, regardless of gender.
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