{"id":962867,"date":"2021-11-03T14:32:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T18:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=962867"},"modified":"2021-11-03T14:32:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T18:32:56","slug":"pelosi-asks-for-paid-family-medical-leave-to-be-included-in-spending-bill-hearing-after-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-asks-for-paid-family-medical-leave-to-be-included-in-spending-bill-hearing-after-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi Asks For Paid Family, Medical Leave To Be Included In Spending Bill Hearing After Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosi-asks-for-paid-family-medical-leave-to-be-included-in-spending-bill-hearing-after-cut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=962867&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) requested paid family and medical leave to be included in the hearing on the social spending package Democrats are attempting to pass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pelosi sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/11321-3\">letter<\/a> to House Democratic colleagues, stating, \u201cIt had been my intention throughout this process to put on the House Floor and pass a bill that would pass the Senate in the same form.&nbsp; Because I have been informed by a Senator of opposition to a few of the priorities contained in our bill and because we must have legislation agreed to by the House and the Senate in the final version of the Build Back Better Act that we will send to the President\u2019s desk, we must strive to find common ground in the legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Notably, Pelosi wrote, \u201cAs we are reviewing priorities and at the urging of many Members of the Caucus, I have asked the Ways and Means Committee for its legislation for Paid Family and Medical Leave to be included in this morning\u2019s hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi also included further planning in the letter:<\/p>\n<p><em>We had planned for a Rules Committee hearing on the Build Back Better legislation on Monday, but suggestions for change continued to come in.&nbsp; This morning, we will present to Rules the amendment which contains some changes.&nbsp; Members have been asked to further review the legislative text posted six days ago, as well as the amendment that will be released this morning.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NBC News, citing two sources familiar with the matter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-democrats-add-paid-family-leave-back-proposed-1-75t-n1283105\">reports<\/a> the proposal \u201cwill include four weeks of paid leave. \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As the Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2021-11-01\/paid-family-leave-was-left-out-of-democrats-social-spending-bill-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">reported<\/a> earlier this week, Biden\u2019s outline for the social spending package that was released last week \u201c[did] not include provisions that would provide access to paid family and sick leave, a core component of a package many Democrats had hoped to tout on the 2022 campaign trail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), a key Democratic vote, had not been in support of including the paid family leave measure in the package, which originally led to the Democrats cutting it from the legislation. The Democrats need all Democratic votes in the Senate to get the bill through.<\/p>\n<p>As The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/579820-house-democrats-put-paid-family-leave-back-into-bill\">reported<\/a>, \u201cBiden had initially proposed 12 weeks of paid family leave as part of his sweeping proposal to expand social benefits and climate programs \u2014 a provision adopted by House Democrats. But Manchin had balked at the $494 billion price tag, forcing negotiators to consider a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) requested paid family and medical leave to be included in the hearing on the social spending package Democrats are attempting to pass.\u00a0Pelosi sent a letter to House Democratic colleagues, stating, \u201cIt had been my intention throughout this process to put on the House Floor and pass a bill that would pass the Senate in the same form.\u00a0 Because I have been informed by a Senator of opposition to a few of the priorities contained in our bill and because we must have legislation agreed to by the House and the Senate in the final version of the Build Back Better Act that we will send to the President\u2019s desk, we must strive to find common ground in the legislation.\u201dNotably, Pelosi wrote, \u201cAs we are reviewing priorities and at the urging of many Members of the Caucus, I have asked the Ways and Means Committee for its legislation for Paid Family and Medical Leave to be included in this morning\u2019s hearing.\u201dPelosi also included further planning in the letter:We had planned for a Rules Committee hearing on the Build Back Better legislation on Monday, but suggestions for change continued to come in.\u00a0 This morning, we will present to Rules the amendment which contains some changes.\u00a0 Members have been asked to further review the legislative text posted six days ago, as well as the amendment that will be released this morning.\u00a0NBC News, citing two sources familiar with the matter, reports the proposal \u201cwill include four weeks of paid leave. \u201dAs the Los Angeles Times reported earlier this week, Biden\u2019s outline for the social spending package that was released last week \u201c[did] not include provisions that would provide access to paid family and sick leave, a core component of a package many Democrats had hoped to tout on the 2022 campaign trail.\u201dSenator Joe Manchin (D-WV), a key Democratic vote, had not been in support of including the paid family leave measure in the package, which originally led to the Democrats cutting it from the legislation. The Democrats need all Democratic votes in the Senate to get the bill through.As The Hill reported, \u201cBiden had initially proposed 12 weeks of paid family leave as part of his sweeping proposal to expand social benefits and climate programs \u2014 a provision adopted by House Democrats. But Manchin had balked at the $494 billion price tag, forcing negotiators to consider a sharp reduction of the benefit \u2014\u00a0down to four weeks \u2014\u00a0before Biden slashed it altogether in the framework he unveiled last week.\u201dOn Tuesday, Manchin explained his opposition.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m working on paid leave. I support paid leave but not in this bill in the way it\u2019s presented because they had to \u2014 they really had to adjust the paid leave to fit into reconciliation,\u201d Manchin said.\u00a0\u201cIn this bill you can\u2019t get it done because of the constraints we have,\u201d Manchin added.After Pelosi\u2019s announcement, Manchin doubled down on his stance, saying, \u201cThat\u2019s a challenge, very much of a challenge. And they know how I feel about that.\u201dThe paid family leave had previously been taken out of the measure as the entire package was reduced in size from around $3.5 trillion. The White House has repeatedly made the claim that the bill would cost nothing to the American people, a line of thinking that was met with mockery.Fox News host Chris Wallace said last month, \u201cI\u2019ve been in Washington for more than 40 years and this might be the dumbest spin line I\u2019ve ever heard, that a $3 trillion bill costs nothing, because you\u2019re going to pay for it.\u201dHe added, \u201cI mean, I don\u2019t know, when you bought your last car and you paid for it, did you think, \u2018Well, I got that for free, that costs nothing?\u2019 No, you paid for it. So you could say \u2014 and I don\u2019t think actually this will even be true \u2013 that it\u2019ll add nothing to the debt, but it certainly doesn\u2019t cost nothing. It\u2019s not free. It costs whatever it costs.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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