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What is going on with Republicans lately?  First it was Republican Senator Larry Craig’s hi-jinks now this.

 A bill introduced by Republican senator Gordon Smith and Democratic senator Joe Lieberman, along with 19 cosponsors, would grant domestic partner benefits to federal employees.

Under the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act for 2007, federal employees and their domestic partners would be eligible for federal health benefits, the Family and Medical Leave program, long-term care, insurance, and retirement benefits, according to a statement released Wednesday by Smith and Lieberman. Same-sex couples would also assume the same obligations that apply to married employees and their spouses, such as anti-nepotism rules and financial disclosure requirements.

“It’s 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,” Connecticut’s Lieberman said in the statement. “It makes good economic and policy sense. And it is the right thing to do.”

The two senators introduced similar legislation during the previous session of Congress.

Based on the experience of private companies and state and local governments, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that offering benefits to same-sex domestic partners of federal employees would increase the cost of those programs by less than one half of 1 percent. (The Advocate)

 Wow, a Republican is proposing this.  Who would have thunk it.

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