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Source: vox.com
Liuba Grechen Shirley is the first female candidate to get federal permission to use the funds for babysitting. The decision comes at a crucial time.
Liuba Grechen Shirley is a mother of two toddlers. She’s also running for Congress in New York’s Second District. And now she’s the first woman to get federal approval to use campaign funds for child care.
Grechen Shirley had asked the Federal Election Commission last month for permission to use the funds to pay for a babysitter for her 3-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son, Mary Ann Georgantopoulos reports at BuzzFeed News. Before running for office, she’d worked from home and provided full-time care for the children.
But, she wrote to the FEC, “as the primary election approaches, I expect to need full-time care for my children, along with additional support on evenings and weekends, so that I can devote the time necessary to run a successful campaign.” On Thursday, the FEC unanimously granted her request.
Grechen Shirley is not the first candidate of any gender to get FEC approval for child care expenses. In 1995, a male candidate was granted permission to use campaign funds for the purpose under more limited circumstances. But as the first woman to use FEC funds in this way, Grechen Shirley hopes to set an example for other moms who want to run for office — especially those who don’t necessarily have the deep pockets to pay for the needed extra child care themselves. And her move has extra significance as Sen. Tammy Duckworth and others are shining a spotlight on the need for Congress to be more inclusive of mothers.
The FEC decided Grechen Shirley’s child care expenses were “a direct result” of campaigning
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Read more: https://www.vox.com/2018/5/11/17340698/mom-mothers-congress-child-care-liuba-grechen-shirley-campaign-funds-babysitting
This is indeed great for women and families if running for any office
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A year ago today, @RepPeteKing voted to strip #healthcare away from 74,000 people in #NY02, take $14 mil from 3 hospitals in our district, roll back Medicaid expansion, & classify rape & pregnancy as preexisting conditions. We marched, we protested, & now we hold him accountable. – at Rep. Peter T. King, 2nd District New York
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