So the amendment in its current form is intended to do one thing and one thing only, and that is to prevent the City and County of San Francisco government... from being able to use Federal taxpayer funding... to require that private organization... to provide domestic partner benefits to their employees.
Discussing an amendment related to federal funding and domestic partner benefits during a House debate.
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