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Paid Family Leave: A Giant Baby Step for the U.S.

On June 20, 2008, by a vote of 278-146, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 5781, the Family Leave and Medical Insurance Act, which would grant federal workers up to twelve weeks of paid leave. The tantalizing taste of victory may make you want to start dancing in the street. Yet, in a Simon-Says like dichotomy, the passage of this bill in the House is at once a giant step and a baby step.

Paid Family Leave: A Giant Baby Step for the U.S.?

On June 20, 2008, by a vote of 278-146, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 5781, the Family Leave and Medical Insurance Act, which would grant federal workers up to twelve weeks of paid leave. The tantalizing taste of victory may make you want to start dancing in the street. Yet, in a Simon-Says like dichotomy, the passage of this bill in the House is at once a giant step and a baby step.

Paid Family Leave: A Giant Baby Step for the U.S.?

On June 20, 2008, by a vote of 278-146, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 5781, the Family Leave and Medical Insurance Act, which would grant federal workers up to twelve weeks of paid leave. The tantalizing taste of victory may make you want to start dancing in the street. Yet, in a Simon-Says like dichotomy, the passage of this bill in the House is at once a giant step and a baby step.

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