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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why?[/quote]
The babies born between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020 are what I would call "edge cases." By including these the bill seems to be more holistic. What I mean is that the bill talks about the leave needing to be used within one year of the baby being born. One year from those birth dates I just listed overlap the October 1, 2020 effective date. If the bill talks about giving leave to all parents up to a year after birth and excludes these "edge cases" it doesn't seem comprehensive to me.

[quote=Anonymous]I think that if we're coming up with things Congress should have done then one extra day of paid leave for an Oct baby is an oddly narrow focus.[/quote]
I agree, it would be great for the bill to be more inclusive for more situations. My point about offering one extra day of paid leave was merely to show a pattern to describe how this overlap works. The idea of the "spectrum" reinforces the fact that parents closer to the cutoff (October 1, 2020) should be given more leave days than the ones further away (October 1, 2019).

* Born October 2, 2019: One year from birth overlaps October 1, 2020 in one day, so you are granted one day of leave.
* Born October 3, 2019: One year from birth overlaps October 1, 2020 in two days, so you are granted two days of leave. 
* ... etc etc[/quote]

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