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Signs point to child care, paid leave and home care as priorities she takes seriously and personally.
Surprise, surprise guess who doesn't make the list?
The Texas GOP, which passed one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, is set to deny paid parental leave a hearing in the state legislature.
They didn't get much help from Republicans who professed to support the working class.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The party of paid family leave finds itself in a very awkward position.
The silence around pregnancy loss in the workplace speaks volumes.
America's paid leave situation is only getting worse as omicron surges, with major companies cutting benefits for workers infected with COVID-19.
Some benefits would start right away, but others would take years.
Sen. Joe Manchin says he wants paid leave done on a bipartisan basis. His colleagues and advocates point to a long history of that not happening.
"Paid family leave is not a vacation. We are sending women bleeding, swollen, in stitches, in agony back to work across this country."