Tammy Duckworth Plans to Bring Baby to the Floor

Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) is working with Democratic leadership to change Senate rules in order to allow her to bring her baby, due this spring, onto the Senate floor. In an interview with CNN, she said the rules governing children brought onto the floor in the Senate are "outdated" and reflect a time before women, especially mothers, could be Senators. "I mean, this is ridiculous. We're in 2018 and we're still dealing with this in the United States of America. We're better than that. And, certainly, this speaks to the problems we have in this country with the need for family leave and certainly more family-friendly legislation in this country," Duckworth told CNN. She says Democratic leaders in the Senate have been supportive of her effort to request an official rules change to allow any Senator to bring a child onto the Senate floor within the first year of the child's life.More here.