Badgett, director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Williams Institute scholar Jody L. Herman reported that for 11 states that have some form of legal partnership for same-sex couples, and for which they were able to collect data, on average just over 1% of the couples split each year.

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Several played critical public roles in influencing policy, and some served in the Roosevelt Administration.

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After leaving the Clinton administration, Begala joined Georgetown University as a research professor of government and public policy.

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Vice President Biden has been asked to work with members of the Administration, Congress, and the general public to come up with a set of concrete policy proposals by next month proposals the President intends to push swiftly.

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