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Published 11/05/2009 by The Hill

House to act on domestic partnership

Legislation that would provide benefits to domestic partners of federal employees will soon be marked up by a House committee and could hit the floor by the end of 2009.

Under current law, same-sex couples working at the federal level are ineligible to receive...

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