GOP Bill Uses Future Social Security Benefits to Pay for Newborn or Adoption Care Leave

(L-R) Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) introduce their paid family leave legislation during a news conference in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 27, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) want parents of newborn or adopted children to be able to use their future Social Security benefits now to pay for up to three months of paid leave.

“Our proposal would let new parents pull forward a portion of their Social Security benefits for one, two, or three months of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child,” Rubio said during a March 27 news conference.