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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can I ask...what's stopping Congress from [i]saying[/i] these programs will begin in 2024 or 2028, and just canceling them in the interim?[/quote]

I do wonder what will prevent the Republicans from gutting them hugely when they take power in 22/24? [/quote]

[b]Its not even authorized on a permanent basis - so nothing.[/b]

In private meetings with Democrats on Capitol Hill over the past week, including one late Wednesday, White House officials have put forward a cost-cutting alternative. They pitched a new, roughly $100 billion plan that would offer four weeks of paid parental, family and sick leave beginning in 2024, according to three people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to describe the conversations.

The program would be smaller in size and shorter in duration than what House Democrats unveiled earlier this year, and it would not be authorized on a permanent basis, these people said, though they cautioned that the details are subject to rapidly changing talks and could still change.[/quote]

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