Sen. Clinton co-sponsors bill on domestic partner benefits

Buffalo News ^ | 6/14/2003 | By DOUGLAS TURNER

[NYpeanut]

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., announced Friday she is co-sponsoring a bill to give domestic partners of federal employees, whether of the same or opposite sex, the same benefits as federal employees' legal spouses - including health insurance. "Longtime domestic partners should enjoy the same benefits afforded other couples, whether it's health insurance, inheritance, property rights or taxes. These are Americans who have made a commitment to one another, and they should not be denied benefits," Clinton said.

The original sponsors are Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn.

"At a time when there is a substantial salary gap between government and private-sector employees with similar jobs, it simply makes sense to add a low-cost benefit to help attract more qualified people to the federal government, and make it easier to retain them once they start work," Frank said.

"It is fundamentally wrong that domestic partners of gay, lesbian, and heterosexual federal employees are excluded from receiving the benefits available to opposite-sex spouses," Dayton said.

Clinton also is co-sponsoring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would make it illegal to deny any citizen an education, a job, a home, immigration or any other opportunity because of his or her sexual orientation.

e-mail: dturner@buffnews.com

[Mamzelle]

re: This could be fraud city, unless something is filed that gives the partner property rights ala a spouse in the event of a "divorce." Offering up this alternative to hetero couples really doesn't make any sense. )))

Bears repeating, bump! How is this managed, anyway?

[Navy Patriot]

Another plan to buy votes with tax money.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Of course Hillary wants this. It's not like she's been spending any time with her husband lately. Has anybody seen those two in the same time zone since Bubba left office?

[Jhoffa_]

Less and less incentive to marry..

Aside from religious reasons, there's nothing left.

[TLBSHOW]

THIS IS BIG BIG NEWS IN ALL THE GAY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGS ON THE WEB

Frank, Dayton File Domestic Partner Bill

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/928734/posts?page=

[Paul Atreides]

She's getting ready for when she divorces Bill and moves Janet in.

[abclily]

And will it be limited to one partner? Might there be benefits for multiple partners?

[george wythe]

Another plan to buy votes with tax money

If all goes according to her plans, she will be the next President of the USA.

So far she seems unstoppable.

[Kuksool]

I believe one is the limit.

[RAT Patrol]

What about situations where there is an "other woman?" I mean, shouldn't gov't have paid for Monica's health insurance? Or how about Jennifer Flowers? That was a really long-term relationship.

[bethelgrad]

It makes sense that she would sponsor this since she obviously does not value marriage.

[TLBSHOW]

So far she seems unstoppable.


Have faith

[TLBSHOW]

so all we have to do is stop this and put hill and barn back in their cage

[Buckwheats]

Senator Clinton and Rep. Israel Announce New Legislation
to Honor Anne Frank Her on Her Birthday

Headline of a page on Hillary's site. Some sweet young thing's gonna get a spanking Monday morning from the boss.

[Buckwheats]

I meant to address the above to you, Cindy....doh!

[Faith]

Ever just feel like screaming?

[NYpeanut]

Yes, especially since I know that the whole bill is really her ruse to make her universal health care dream come true and vindicate her earlier health care debacle.

And also because, in a week that she clearly has nothing else to do but run around and sign books to line her pockets with cash, the only government business she tends to is crap like this.

[Steve0113]

shouldn't gov't have paid for Monica's health insurance? Or how about Jennifer Flowers? That was a really long-term relationship.

Neither of them lived with him. The only "domestic" aspect to those affairs was the damage he did.

[Uncle Bill]

President Bush has signed a bill allowing death benefits to be paid to the domestic partners

President Bush has signed a bill allowing death benefits to be paid to the domestic partners
Washington Post ^ | 6/26/02 | Mike Allen

Posted on 06/26/2002 7:23 AM PDT by truthandlife

President Bush has signed a bill allowing death benefits to be paid to the domestic partners of firefighters and police officers who die in the line of duty, permanently extending a federal death benefit to "same-sex couples" for the first time.

The new law allows a $250,000 federal benefit for survivors of public safety officers to be paid to any beneficiary listed on the victim's life insurance policy. The money has been available only to spouses, children and parents.

Excerpted - click for full article
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44912-2002Jun25.html

[timm22]

The government ought to just quit trying to tinker with defining who is elegible for "domestic partner" benefits and simply let employees choose one person to receive benefits with them, for whatever reason they want. In most cases it would be the spouse, but it might also be a widower's grown child, or a celibate person's favorite cousin. That would remove the whole marriage/morality angle from the issue.