Study Finds Minor Cost Effect for Domestic Partner Benefits

A bill (S 1910) that would extend to domestic partners of gay and lesbian federal workers eligibility for a variety of benefits -- including coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program -- would have a minor effect on the cost of those benefits and the number of people covered, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. The bill has stalled in the Senate, where it was approved by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in May.

• "Benefits Expansion for Domestic Partners Would Have Small Impact on Costs, CBO Says" (Yoder, "Federal Eye," Washington Post, 11/27).