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Old 20th Oct 2011, 07:01 PM   #1
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Default Mich. Panel Votes To Ban Domestic Partner Benefits

http://www.clickondetroit.com/politi...48/detail.html


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A committee in the Republican-led Michigan Senate has approved legislation aimed at blocking the offering of taxpayer-paid health insurance to domestic partners living with public employees.

The measures advance to the Senate floor after party-line votes Wednesday by the Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee. The House already has passed the legislation.

The bills aim to prohibit public employers from extending health benefits to unmarried partners of employees -- same sex or opposite sex...







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