In a Sept. 7 letter to members of Congress on the proposed spending package, the U.S. bishops’ conference listed paid sick and parental leave as among the policies members should consider including in the bill.
While talks continue in Congress over the spending plan, the full text of the bill has yet to be released.
Despite the loss of the paid leave provision, the Biden administration on Thursday issued an optimistic statement about the status of the bill. The White House announced a framework for the legislation that it said could receive the necessary support in both chambers of Congress.
“President Biden is confident this is a framework that can pass both houses of Congress, and he looks forward to signing it into law. He calls on Congress to take up this historic bill – in addition to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – as quickly as possible,” read the Oct. 28 statement from the White House.
Per the White House, “When enacted, this framework will set the United States on course to meet its climate goals, create millions of good-paying jobs, enable more Americans to join and remain in the labor force, and grow our economy from the bottom up and the middle out.”
Specifically, the plan would provide free preschool for 3- and 4-year-old children, subsidize childcare, and will “Ensure clean energy technology – from wind turbine blades to solar panels to electric cars – will be built in the United States with American made steel and other materials,” among many other things.
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