The United States is one of only seven countries in the world without some form of universal paid family and medical leave. A bipartisan congressional duo is trying to change that.
A cocktail party on Capitol Hill is often hardly notable. But at one recent soiree, the clinking of glasses had a different ring. Members of both parties joined together to kick off a renewed effort to solve a uniquely American problem: no universal paid family and medical leave. It’s been 30 years since the Family and Medical Leave Act became law. It guaranteed workers the right to unpaid, job-protected time off.
It’s about the infrastructure and the economy as well.” House dynamics may help the cause Bice and Houlahan face what many from the outside would call insurmountable odds: a deeply partisan and divided Congress, with narrow majorities in both chambers. But Houlahan said the razor-thin majorities present an opening.
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