The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is holding the mark-up today on the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act, sponsored by Rep. Tammy Baldwin. The Committee is in recess now for other House votes, but will re-convene at 4:15 p.m. to vote on the bill.
The bill aims to provide federal employees, among other things, health benefits for their same-sex partners.
You can watch the hearing live here or follow me on Twitter for live-tweeting of the hearing.
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political writer at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found