Equal Benefits Bill for Federal Employees Introduced in House and Senate

May 22, 2009

HRC Back Story
May 21, 2009
Yesterday, we saw the bipartisan reintroduction of the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act (DPBO) by Representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) in the House and Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in the Senate. This legislation would extend benefits to same-sex domestic partners of federal civilian employees on the same basis as spousal benefits. [link]