Lawmaker in the U.S. House and Senate on Friday reintroduced the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, and said that approving the bill would put the federal government on par with Fortune 500 corporations that already extend full benefits to same-sex partners of gay and lesbian employees.

Not more than an hour after key procedural vote on the Defense Authorization bill -- which contains the DADT repeal language -- failed Thursday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) sent out a series of Twitter tweets, indicating he plans to introduce a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal as "stand alone" vote this session.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates joined the list of skeptics Monday when he said he was "not particularly optimistic" that the Senate would vote before the end of the year to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military.

Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) introduced a bill on Wednesday to repeal the ban on openly gay service members in the military. The current law, dubbed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," calls [...]

[caption id="attachment_6482" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Lieberman"][/caption] Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is expected to introduce a bill next week to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," adding an independent voice to the movement [...]

The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 8-1 Wednesday in favor of domestic-partner benefits. The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act would provide domestic partner benefits for [...]