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2007-S2521 on Dec 19, 2007

Sen. LIEBERMAN: This legislation would require the Government to extend employee benefit programs to the same-sex domestic partners of Federal employees. It is sound public policy and it makes excellent business sense.

Under our bill, Federal employee and the employee's domestic partner would be eligible to participate in benefits to the same extent that married employees and their spouses participate. Employees and their partners would also assume the same obligations that apply to married employees and their spouses, such as anti-nepotism rules and financial disclosure requirements.

The Federal Government is our Nation's largest employer and should lead other employers, rather than lagging behind, in the quest to provide equal and fair compensation and benefits to all employees. That thousands of Federal workers who have dedicated their careers to public service and who live in committed relationships with same-sex domestic partners receive fewer protections for their

families than those married employees is patently unfair and, frankly, makes no economic sense.

I call upon my colleagues to express their support for this important legislation. It is time for the Federal Government to catch up to the private sector, not just to set an example but so that it can compete for the most qualified employees and ensure that all of our public servants receive fair and equitable treatment. It makes good economic and policy senses. It is the right thing to do.

SUMMARY: Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2007

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Democrats participating in 2007-S2521

Neil Abercrombie s1oHawaii Democrat
Daniel Akaka s1oHI Democrat Jr Senator
Tom Allen s1oMaine Democrat
Tammy Baldwin s1pWisconsin Democrat
Shelley Berkley s1oNevada Democrat
Howard Berman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Earl Blumenauer s1oOregon Democrat
Barbara Boxer s1oCA Democratic incumbent
Sherrod Brown s1oOH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
Maria Cantwell s1oWA Democrat Jr Senator
Lois Capps s1oCalifornia Democrat
Michael Capuano s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Benjamin Cardin s1oMaryland Democrat
Hillary Clinton s1oNY Democrat Jr Senator
Joseph Crowley s1oNew York Democrat
Elijah Cummings s1oMaryland Democrat
Susan Davis s1oCalifornia Democrat
Bill Delahunt s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Rosa DeLauro s1oConnecticut Democrat
John Dingell s1oMichigan Democrat
Chris Dodd s1oCT Democratic incumbent
Richard Durbin s1oIL Democrat Sr Senator
Keith Ellison s1oMinnesota Democrat
Rahm Emanuel s1oIllinois Democrat
Eliot Engel s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Anna Eshoo s1oCalifornia Democrat
Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
Chaka Fattah s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Russell Feingold s1oPOTUS Democrat
Bob Filner s1oCalifornia Democrat
Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Raul Grijalva s1oArizona Democrat
Luis Gutierrez s1oIllinois Democrat
Phil Hare s1oIllinois Democrat
Jane Harman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Maurice Hinchey s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Rush Holt s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Jesse Louis Jackson s1oIllinois Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee s1oTexas Democrat
Patrick Kennedy s1oRhode Island Democrat
Ted Kennedy s1oMA Democrat Sr Senator
John Kerry s1oMA Democrat Jr Senator
Dennis Kucinich s1oOhio Democrat
James Langevin s1oRhode Island Democrat
Tom Lantos s1oCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2008)
Frank Lautenberg s1oNJ Democrat Sr Senator
Patrick Leahy s1oVT Democratic incumbent
Barbara Lee s1oCalifornia Democrat
Carl Levin s1oMI Democrat Sr Senator
Joseph Lieberman s1pCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
Zoe Lofgren s1oCalifornia Democrat
Carolyn Maloney s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Ed Markey s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Doris Matsui s1oCalifornia Democrat
Betty McCollum s1oMinnesota Democrat
Jim McDermott s1oWashington Democrat
Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Barbara Mikulski s1oMD Democratic incumbent
George Miller s1oCalifornia Democrat
Dennis Moore s1oKansas Democrat
Gwen Moore s1oWisconsin Democrat
James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
Patty Murray s1oWA Democratic incumbent
Jerrold Nadler s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Eleanor Holmes Norton s1oDistrict of Columbia Democrat
Barack Obama s1oIL Democratic Jr Senator
John Olver s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Ed Pastor s1oArizona Democrat
David Eugene Price s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Charles Rangel s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Lucille Roybal-Allard s1oCalifornia Democrat
Linda Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Sarbanes s1oMaryland Democrat
Jan Schakowsky s1oIllinois Democrat
Charles Schumer s1oNY Democratic incumbent
Jose Serrano s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Brad Sherman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Louise Slaughter s1oNew York Democrat
David Adam Smith s1oWashington Democrat
Hilda Solis s1oCalifornia Democrat
Pete Stark s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ellen Tauscher s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ed Towns s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Mark Udall s1oCO Democratic Senate Challenger; US Rep.
Nydia Velazquez s1oNew York Democrat/Working-Families
Debbie Wasserman Schultz s1oFlorida Democrat
Henry Waxman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Sheldon Whitehouse s1oRI Democratic Jr Senator, previously attorney general
Lynn Woolsey s1oCalifornia Democrat
David Wu s1oOregon Democrat
Ron Wyden s1oOR Democratic incumbent
Albert Wynn s1oMaryland Democrat



Republicans participating in 2007-S2521

Tom Davis s1oVirginia Republican
Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican
Gordon Harold Smith s1oOR Republican Jr Senator



Independents participating in 2007-S2521



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 92
Republicans: 3
Independents: 0