House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that four weeks of paid family and medical leave will be added back into the social spending bill, after Democrats had previously scrapped the provision from the package.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a major shift, announced on Wednesday that four weeks of paid family and medical leave will be added back into the social spending bill, after Democrats had previously scrapped the provision from the package.
Adding a version of the leave policies back into the package brings back to life a central and popular plank of President Joe Biden's initial proposal, and comes as Democrats try to unify over their messaging after suffering a significant loss in the Virginia governor's race.Pelosi's move suggests a shift in strategy: Adding policies in the bill that can help it in the House -- such as paid leave -- only to have it stripped in the Senate.
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