Paid parental leave bill passes House committee

Bill has been approved by key House committee; now moves to Senate

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A nearly identical measure gained passage by a huge majority last year in the full House, but stalled in the Senate.

HR 626 now goes to the Senate, where companion legislation is now pending in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a co-author of the leave bill, says that he has not yet scheduled a vote before the full House.

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