Fact-checking Buttigieg’s claim that Walz provided Minnesotans paid [family] leave as GOP blocks US policy [TRUE]
Fact-checking Buttigieg’s claim that Walz provided Minnesotans paid [family] leave as GOP blocks US policy [TRUE]
www.politifact.com Gov. Tim Walz signed family leave law. Congress has not
Transportation Department Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a frequent cable news surrogate for Democratic presidential nominee
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/26130804
The key facts
- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill in 2023 that provides paid family leave starting in January 2026.
- Democrats in Congress have proposed the Family Act since 2013, but this paid family leave plan has not progressed.
- President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better proposal initially included four weeks of paid family leave, but Sen. Joe Manchin, then a Democrat, objected to the bill. Without Republican support, that doomed the bill. The legislation that became the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act did not include family leave.
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I’m used to seeing these only posted when false. It’s nice to see a true one.
everyone usually tells me that the news I choose to read is lying to me! This must be because.....
Come on, buddy, you got this.
Politifact?
Yes.
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