New parents would have the option to use their Social Security benefits early in exchange for delaying retirement under a bill introduced Tuesday by Republican Sens. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Mike Lee of Utah.

Their bill, the Child Rearing and Development Leave Empowerment, or CRADLE, Act has emerged as one of several conservative options on paid parental leave as President Trump has given the issue his blessing and as GOP senators have been encouraged by first daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump.

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