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This could be the year federal paid leave finally passes

This could be the year federal paid leave finally passes Vox.com 8 hrs ago Li Zhou © Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call Inc./Getty Images Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has led the push for paid leave for years. The current pandemic and its disproportionate effects on women and people of color have underscored a major issue: the dire need for paid family and medical leave in America. President Joe Biden, by including paid leave in his American Families Plan, is sending a strong message that 2021 should be the year lawmakers finally get something done on the matter. Biden’s proposal would guarantee 12 weeks of paid leave to new parents; caregivers for a sick family member; survivors of sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence seeking a safe environment; and people who are ill themselves, allowing workers to recoup between 66 percent to 80 percent of their wages, capped at $4,000 a month. The program is estimated to cost approximately $225 billion

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Joe Manchin wants to save Democrats from themselves

Joe Manchin wants to save Democrats from themselves Vox.com 1 hr ago Andrew Prokop © Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) at a December news conference to unveil Covid-19 emergency relief in Washington, DC. With the deadline approaching, Democratic leaders were trying to line up the votes to pass their bill. But they had a problem: Joe Manchin had put his foot down. The year was 1983, the setting was West Virginia’s statehouse in Charleston, and the deadline was the end of the legislative session at midnight. Democratic leaders wanted to pass a bill creating a board that could cap rates charged by hospitals in the state. Manchin, a 35-year-old first-term state representative, had opposed the proposal.

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Joe Manchin opens the door to filibuster reform

Joe Manchin opens the door to filibuster reform Vox.com 3/7/2021 Cameron Peters © Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images Sen. Joe Manchin prepares to attend a Senate meeting on Deb Haaland’s interior secretary nomination. On Sunday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), a longtime defender of the filibuster, signaled that he might nevertheless be open to filibuster reforms that could make it easier for Democrats to advance their legislative agenda. In a series of television interviews, Manchin emphasized his support for the filibuster rule, which effectively imposes a 60-vote threshold for most legislative action in the Senate. But he told Meet the Press host Chuck Todd that “if you want to make [filibustering] a little bit more painful make them stand there and talk I’m willing to look at any way we can.”

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