Congress is 'better poised than ever' to pass paid family leave bill, lawmakers say

Democrats Kirsten Gillibrand and Rosa DeLauro first introduced the Family Act in 2013, but it has failed to gain sufficient support

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has said US Congress is in a unique moment" and better poised than ever" to pass a paid family and medical leave bill that would make the benefit permanently accessible to all American workers for the first time, as she and congresswoman Rosa DeLauro reintroduced the legislation on Friday.

Currently, the US is the only industrialised nation in the world not to have a national paid family and medical leave policy.