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Government

Apr. 7, 2012

House of Representatives responds to DOMA case

The battle between the Obama administration and the U.S. House of Representatives over the Defense of Marriage Act attained a rare moment of agreement Thursday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The battle between the Obama administration and the U.S. House of Representatives over the Defense of Marriage Act attained a rare moment of agreement Thursday.

Replying to the administration's plea to the 9th Circuit to take the case of circuit law clerk Karen Golinski's bid for health benefits for her wife directly to an en banc panel to speed the case along, House lawyer Paul D. Clement in a new filing agreed, conditional...

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