US Senate Considering Domestic Partner Benefits for Federal Employees

A Senate bill that would extend domestic partner benefits to LGBT federal workers was touted as a way to make the federal government more competitive with the private sector during a congressional hearing Thursday. The Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony on the Domestic Partnership Benefits & Obligations Act, which would make the same-sex partners of federal employees eligible for the same benefits as the spouses of straight workers. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), the committee’s chair and sponsor of the legislation, said he introduced the bill because it “makes sense for the federal government as an employer.” Full Story from The Southern Voice: http://www.sovo.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=27661

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