Paid family leave

President Donald Trump called on Congress during the State of the Union Tuesday night to pass a bipartisan paid family leave bill.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement Monday that President Donald Trump’s support for a bipartisan paid family leave proposal will help America’s new parents and children.

President Donald Trump signed into a law a defense bill on Friday that ushered in significant reforms for military families.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Tuesday likened child-rearing to dog breeding in an attempt to make a pitch for extended paid family leave – a connection that largely fell flat on critics.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) proposed bipartisan legislation Thursday to “modernize” family and medical leave benefits for married couples that work for the employer.

There will not be an American Dream to achieve if our nation as a whole doesn’t increase its birth rate. The United States needs a robust pro-family policy. President Trump and his daughter Ivanka have been pointing the way by endorsing paid family leave.  

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Monday unveiled one of the most aggressive family-leave proposals to date, featuring six months of taxpayer-funded family and medical leave.

A couple who lived their lives and raised their family in Connecticut tell how the political class has destroyed the New England state they once called home but is now “no more.”

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced Wednesday that his and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D-AZ) Paid Family Leave bill continues to gain steam in the U.S. Senate.

A survey finds Connecticut businesses are concerned for their future as only 11 percent of them expect the state’s economy to grow next year.

Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) unveiled Tuesday Congress’ first bipartisan paid family leave proposal, which could serve as the basis through which Congress passes a federal solution to help young parents start new families.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) met Tuesday with White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump on a paid family leave proposal that “empowers families” and helps businesses “succeed.”

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News Sunday that he will soon unveil his and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D-AZ) paid family leave program. 

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News during a press conference Tuesday that President Donald Trump has been the “ultimate force” behind Republicans embracing “kitchen-table” issues such as drug pricing, paid family leave, and the opioid epidemic. 

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Thursday that she and other senators, along with White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump, remain “very serious” about passing legislation for paid family leave.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) tapped Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to form a bipartisan working group on paid family leave. 

Seventy-three percent of Americans and 60 percent of Republicans approve of a paid family leave proposal, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News Thursday in an exclusive interview that Republicans should embrace paid family leave because it helps the family and small businesses.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) spoke with Breitbart News regarding a paid family leave bill from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and herself, charging that “We are the party of families,” and there remains an “outcry” from young families for paid family leave.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) told Breitbart News about his paid family leave bill, the Cradle Act, contending that the Republican Party should be the party of “protecting not only the family but also the institutions of civil society.”

Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation Tuesday that would expand Americans’ access to paid family leave and help families better balance work and family. 

Several Republicans senators and White House officials met on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning to develop a pathway forward on a paid family leave plan, a top priority of President Donald Trump and an opportunity for a bipartisan populist victory for both sides in politics.

In his second State of the Union address, President Donald Trump offered a path forward for a divided nation–unifying even his fiercest critics behind at least some of what he is trying to do.

A Republican U.S. Senate document circulating among GOP offices opposed to the so-called FIRST STEP Act, a criminal justice reform bill making its way through Capitol Hill, lists 20 violent crimes that would be eligible for early release under the legislation.

First daughter Ivanka Trump has turned to conservatives to make a deal to pass a series of policies that are straight from the Democratic Party’s playbook, since she discovered that the Democrats are more focused on passing their own agenda than doing what is best for the country.

Senior White House Adviser Ivanka Trump said this week that one of the next items on the Trump administration’s agenda is paid family leave.

Democrats have taken favorably to Ivanka Trump’s two signature issues, namely affordable child care and paid family leave.

Hillary Clinton presented herself as a nurturing mother and grandmother trying to help women who are crying out for government support at a campaign stop in Haverford, Pennsylvania.

During his weekly address, President Barack Obama called for paid family sick leave. Transcript as follows: There are a couple different stories you can tell about our economy. One goes like this.  Eight years after the worst economic crisis of