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their partners, said Ty Cobb, an attorney and lobbyist with the Human 
Rights Campaign, a gay rights group. Another Democratic senator, Al Franken 
of Minnesota, pledged in a Judiciary hearing on the bill Monday to 
do "everything we can" to adjust the bill.But even if the amendment 
makes it through the Senate, it faces a tougher path if and 
when the bill moves to the Republican-controlled House. GOP leaders there 
have been defending the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage 
as between a man and a woman, though Obama has said it 
is unconstitutional. And while Obama supports same-sex marriage, his administration 
has shown little appetite for forcing the issue while the immigration overhaul's 
prospects are still shaky."No one will get everything they want from it, 
including the president. That's the nature of compromise. But the bill is 
largely consistent with the principles he has laid out repeatedly," Obama 
spokesman Jay Carney said last week. A White House spokesman declined to 
answer further questions about the issue.Some Democrats argue privately 
that with the Supreme Court poised to rule on the constitutionality of 
the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the government from giving 
federal marriage benefits to gay couples, the issue could soon be moot. 
Still, even if the high court strikes the law down, it would 
only bring partial relief; only couples married in the nine states that 
recognize gay marriages
After holding firm against virtually any kind of tax increase, some congressional 
Republicans have found one that doesn't make them cringe.A contentious bill 
which could come for a final vote in the Senate as early 
as Thursday would empower states to make online retailers collect sales 
taxes for purchases made over the Internet. Though it would likely face 
more resistance in the House, where the anti-tax creed is more pronounced, 
a number of Senate Republicans -- and Republican governors -- are supporting 
the bill.The legislation passed a test vote in the Senate Wednesday, 74 
to 23, with 27 Republicans voting in favor. Senate Majority Leader Harry 
Reid, D-Nev., vowed to pass the bill this week, before senators leave 
for a scheduled vacation.Some of the most powerful anti-tax advocacy groups 
in Washington are still fighting to block the bill. Grover Norquist, president 
of Americans for Tax Reform, warns the bill would set a "precedent 
for further expansions of state-level tax collection authority."He said 
the bill is about "money-hungry state legislators."The Heritage Foundation 
says that "real conservatives" oppose the bill and that it would hurt 
online commerce and force small businesses to jump through new bureaucratic 
hoops.Yet a number of prominent conservatives are voicing support for the 
plan. Under the bill, the sales taxes would be sent to the 
states where a shopper lives. Under current law, states can only require 
online compan

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