House Dems put paid family leave back in bill despite Manchin opposition
| House Democrats have amended the enormous social spending framework at the heart of President Biden’s economic agenda to include paid family leave — a popular provision that had met resistance from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and was thought to be removed from the package.
The change was announced Wednesday morning in a letter from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who said the Rules Committee would meet later in the day in a “hearing” to consider the changes. But Pelosi stopped short of announcing a Rules Committee vote on the package, which would indicate that House leaders were poised to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. |
