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Report weighs different paid leave plans

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Brookings Institution looks at three existing proposals, saying none of them are likely to pass.

By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | Updated on June 12, 2017
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Brookings Institution looks at three existing proposals, saying none of them are likely to pass. (Photo: Shutterstock)

While success is unlikely for several current Democrat and Republican proposals for a federal paid family and medical leave law — including one by President Donald Trump — think tanks representing both sides of the aisle have come up with a compromise idea they believe might achieve consensus in Congress.

“In these partisan times, we felt an obligation to work toward a compromise that all of us could support to some extent,” write the authors of a joint report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Brookings Institution, “Paid Family and Medical Leave: An Issue Whose Time Has Come.”

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.

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