House Democrats’ Secure Inclusion of Four Weeks’ Paid Medical and Family Leave in Spending Bill

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and (L) House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) speak about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as the USMCA, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Dec. 10, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

House Democrats’ have secured the inclusion of four weeks’ of federal paid medical and family leave in their $1.75 trillion compromise reconciliation bill, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.) announced Nov. 3.

In a statement, the Massachusetts Democrat said the “historic” provisions had both been included as a part of the Build Back Better Act, as lawmakers seek to get it across the finish line after months of debate.