{"id":969572,"date":"2021-11-04T21:29:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T01:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=969572"},"modified":"2021-11-04T21:29:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T01:29:26","slug":"manchin-doubles-down-on-paid-family-leave-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-doubles-down-on-paid-family-leave-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin Doubles Down On Paid Family Leave Stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fmanchin-doubles-down-on-paid-family-leave-stance%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=969572&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\">Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) doubled down on his stance against including paid family leave in the Democrats\u2019 massive social spending reconciliation bill on Thursday, even as House leaders attempted to secure a vote on the bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Speaking to John Berman on CNN\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t5IdRKu6Oek\">New Day<\/a>,\u201d Manchin discussed his position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Manchin said he doesn\u2019t think paid family leave belongs in the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/04\/politics\/joe-manchin-democrats-spending-bill-cnntv\/index.html\">saying<\/a>, \u201cThat\u2019s a piece of legislation that really is needed from the standpoint: if we do it and do it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He said a policy of paid family leave with participation between employers and workers should be completed, saying, \u201cWe can do that in a bipartisan way. We can make sure it\u2019s lasting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He noted, \u201cWhen you do something in reconciliation and you throw all the cost and all the debt toward our national debt and the taxpayers, usually [that\u2019s going to] flip flop back and forth as soon as someone else takes over as the majority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLet\u2019s fix that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Appearing on MSNBC on Thursday, Manchin also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/joe-manchin-paid-family-leave-build-back-better-joe-biden-nancy-pelosi-1645969\">said<\/a>, \u201cI believe in family leave; I believe people should have that opportunity,\u201d noting, \u201cCan\u2019t we find a better position for this and do this in a bipartisan and in a process that works?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI do not object to it at all as far as the concept of paid family leave,\u201d Manchin said, per Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cPeople should be able to have family leave as they need it, but also we should be paying into it from \u2014 same as we do social security, it\u2019s employer\/employee participation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI am talking to my Republican colleagues and friends and my Democrats, we can work a piece of bill out in a regular process that doesn\u2019t put a burden on taxpayers, that doesn\u2019t put a burden and also more debt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c\u2018Cause when you start the programs, you never stop them, you just don\u2019t,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-asks-for-paid-family-medical-leave-to-be-included-in-spending-bill-hearing-after-cut\">reported<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pelosi sent a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/11321-3\">letter<\/a>&nbsp;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. 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) doubled down on his stance against including paid family leave in the Democrats\u2019 massive social spending reconciliation bill on Thursday, even as House leaders attempted to secure a vote on the bill.Speaking to John Berman on CNN\u2019s \u201cNew Day,\u201d Manchin discussed his position.Manchin said he doesn\u2019t think paid family leave belongs in the bill, saying, \u201cThat\u2019s a piece of legislation that really is needed from the standpoint: if we do it and do it right.\u201dHe said a policy of paid family leave with participation between employers and workers should be completed, saying, \u201cWe can do that in a bipartisan way. We can make sure it\u2019s lasting.\u201dHe noted, \u201cWhen you do something in reconciliation and you throw all the cost and all the debt toward our national debt and the taxpayers, usually [that\u2019s going to] flip flop back and forth as soon as someone else takes over as the majority.\u201d\u201cLet\u2019s fix that,\u201d he added.Appearing on MSNBC on Thursday, Manchin also said, \u201cI believe in family leave; I believe people should have that opportunity,\u201d noting, \u201cCan\u2019t we find a better position for this and do this in a bipartisan and in a process that works?\u201d\u201cI do not object to it at all as far as the concept of paid family leave,\u201d Manchin said, per Newsweek.\u201cPeople should be able to have family leave as they need it, but also we should be paying into it from \u2014 same as we do social security, it\u2019s employer\/employee participation.\u201d\u201cI am talking to my Republican colleagues and friends and my Democrats, we can work a piece of bill out in a regular process that doesn\u2019t put a burden on taxpayers, that doesn\u2019t put a burden and also more debt.\u201d\u201c\u2018Cause when you start the programs, you never stop them, you just don\u2019t,\u201d he added.As The Daily Wire reported, 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.Pelosi sent a\u00a0letter\u00a0to 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. 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.\u201dManchin, 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\u00a0reported, \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.\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\u00a0said.\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,\u00a0saying, \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.The 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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