What's likely to change as the Senate weighs the Build Back Better Act.
and goes to the Senate next, where it is likely to be changed before it can become law.
The Senate is expected to turn to the legislation after it returns next week from Thanksgiving recess. Before it can come to a vote, the bill will require a"Byrd bath" — a process named for the late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., under which provisions are scrutinized for compliance with arcane budget rules.
"We're in very good shape to get 50 votes," he said."But there are different ways — parliamentarian and other ways — the Republicans could try to knock it out."The House-passed legislation includes four weeks of guaranteed paid family and medical leave, a high priority of many Democrats, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates would cost $205 billion.
"I believe in family leave," he said, but he cautioned that it would"add an awful lot to the debt" and suggested that Congress"find a better position for this and do this in a bipartisan" manner.Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said Sunday on CBS that she is still trying to convince her colleague."He wants to strengthen Social Security. That's what paid leave does. It gets people back to work," she said.