All of these would be very readily resolved if the current civil partnership legislation was extended to unmarried different sex couples. (mackrell.com)
The «stepping stone» metaphor is exactly right: civil partnership is an incremental step building on the powerful civil partnership legislation. (atlanticphilanthropies.org)
Topics to be covered include the FY2018 budget; two new bills to improve access to higher education for homeless and foster youth; the reauthorization of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; the Homeless Children and Youth Act (HUD Homeless Assistance reform), and the AHEAD Act (school - housing partnership legislation). (schoolhouseconnection.org)