Thinkprogress:
1. Approximately 100 couples united under New Hampshire’s new civil unions law that went into effect yesterday, making it “the fourth state to allow civil unions of same-sex couples.” With the new legal status, these couples will receive access to family members’ medical care, coverage under state-regulated family health plans, and the ability to transfer property to one another without paying taxes.
UPDATE: On Dec. 28, at the behest of a conservative legal group, a federal judge in Oregon “temporarily blocked” a same-sex civil unions law passed last year by the Oregon Legislature that would have gone into effect yesterday
2. According to the Washington Times, President Bush “is benefiting from a Karl Rove-free White House and the lower-profile approach of his successor,” Barry Jackson, who is now “the right fit for a president now reliant on Republican legislators sticking with him.”
3. After enjoying “a good rest” at his Crawford, TX ranch, President Bush returns to Washington with an “ambitious agenda for 2008,” which includes “tackling the mortgage lending crisis,” “securing more money from Congress for Iraq,” and pushing Congress to “permanently revise the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.”
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