Paid Family Leave Dropped from Reconciliation Bill

“Senate Democrats are dropping paid family and medical leave from their emerging reconciliation package,” Politico reports.

Explained Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV): “I’m talking to everybody, but I’ve been very clear: to expand social programs, when you have trust funds that aren’t solvent — they’re going insolvent — I can’t explain that… It doesn’t make sense to me… I just can’t do it.”

“The U.S. is the only wealthy nation without a national paid leave policy.”