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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
Simply put, extending benefits to same-sex partners is a good, practical, bottom-line business decision.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Baldwin emphasizes the business sense of extending benefits to same-sex partners.

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