Stage Set for Senate Paid Leave Debate Over Taxes and Benefits

The looming debate over a national paid leave mandate began to take shape Tuesday in a U.S. Senate committee hearing where Republicans raised concerns about paying for it while Democrats predicted it would boost the economy and women’s workforce participation.

Congress is set to consider creating that federally run paid family and medical leave program, as a part of the broader jobs, infrastructure, and family-support proposals pitched by President Joe Biden.

Biden’s paid leave plan, like similar proposals pending in Congress, would let American workers take up to 12 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of ...