Paid leave has become a significant sticking point in the effort to pass President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, a $1.75 trillion social welfare and green energy bill.
Senate Democrats set a Christmas deadline for passing the bill, but it will stall without the cooperation of all 50 Democrats, including Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia.
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