Marco Rubio and Ivanka Trump Collaborating on Paid Family Leave

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has a new goal, and a new partner, on an issue that is traditionally a bread-and-butter one for Democrats: paid family leave. Rubio is partnering with Ivanka Trump to turn the GOP’s opinion around on an issue to which even the Senator admits that “there will be significant initial resistance to it, because it’s just not an issue that’s been identified with the Republican Party.” While far from having a plan, let alone a bill, Rubio and Ivanka have started to toss around the idea with party notables, the Senator told Politico. And while the conversation is still in its nascent stages, Rubio believes that his party can turn it around. Rubio is driven because “people that I know and interact with, going two weeks without a paycheck is catastrophic ... Imagine going two months or three months. ... They gotta give you time under the law but you don’t get paid. It’s just not a sustainable thing.” More here.