Friday, October 4, 2019

Senators Introduce First Bipartisan Paid Family Leave Proposal

From Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity - October 2
Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) are set to release the first bipartisan piece of paid leave legislation. The proposal allows parents to frontload a portion of their tax credits to cover the costs of caring for their child.
Cassidy and Sinema discussed their plan in an event hosted by the cochairs of the AEI-Brookings Working Group on Paid Family Leave Aparna Mathur and Isabel Sawhill and held at the American Enterprise Institute last week.
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