Federal Insider: Lawmakers (sort of) end quarrel over birth control hearing

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 23: Sandra Fluke, a third-year law student at Georgetown University and former president of the Students for Reproductive Justice group there, testifies during a hearing before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee February 23, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Fluke was blocked from testifying at last week's House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's contraceptives hearing. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Lawmakers (sort of) end quarrel over birth control hearing

Ed O'Keefe

Two House lawmakers settled a weeks-long dispute Tuesday regarding the invitation of female witnesses at last month's contentious hearing on religious objections to the Obama administration's policy on contraception.

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Karen Golinski, right, hugs her wife Amy Cunninghis as they pose for a photograph outside of a federal court building in San Francisco, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. A federal employee suing the Obama administration to obtain health benefits for her same-sex spouse is getting her day in court. Golinski is a lawyer for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and her boss, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, has called the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's refusal to insure Golinski's wife illegal discrimination. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Federal health benefits win for gay couple is limited

Joe Davidson

It was a great victory for Karen Golinski, a federal employee who now can get health insurance for her wife, but other same-sex married couples remain on the sidelines.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: Supporters and anti-health care bill activists gather to protest outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2012 in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court justices are hearing arguments on weather or not President Obama's health care bill signed two years ago is constitutional. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)

In defense of Obama's leadership on health

Tom Daschle

We should pause to consider what the law reveals about the leadership of this president, and about the qualities of strong leadership in general.

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The Partnership for Public Service

When federal users need additional space on the airwaves, they go to Karl Nebbia of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), whose office assigns and manages agencies' use of spectrum, so they can perform their vital functions.

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