President-elect Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, is lobbying Congress ahead of her father’s inauguration next month to start working on reforms to childcare policies — an issue she championed while on the campaign trail.
The 35-year-old mother of three and business owner has been calling House and Senate lawmakers encouraging them to get moving on legislation, the CEO of Main Street Republican Partnership told IJR on Thursday.
“She’s calling some to talk about the child care provisions,” Sarah Chamberlain said. “It’s gonna be a big issue for her … I think she’s hoping to [play a large role in the administration].”
While campaigning, Trump’s eldest daughter touted plans to introduce reforms, including six weeks of paid leave to new mothers, incentivizing employers to provide childcare at the workplace and rewriting the tax code to allow working parents to deduct childcare expenses from their income taxes.
Trump’s campaign has also advocated for policies that would allow parents to enroll in tax-free dependent care savings accounts for their children and elderly relatives and expand the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income households.
Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, were among Trump’s top advisers during the primary and general election. The two are thought to be under consideration for White House gigs, while Ivanka’s two brothers, Donald Jr. and Eric, oversee the family business.
