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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Duckworth will be penalized for taking any maternity leave [View all]onenote
(42,779 posts)74. Exactly the same.
And the same as a male senator who takes paternity leave.
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Women don't nurse at their desks at work. There is a nursing area at most work places.
AJT
Feb 2018
#6
As much as I would enjoy seeing Pence and a few others be discomfited by her nursing on the floor
Lithos
Feb 2018
#44
The idea that she would pump on the Senate floor or in a committee
PoindexterOglethorpe
Feb 2018
#36
If every Senator has an office, was Gillibrand leaving her kids in Reid's office...
moriah
Mar 2018
#64
Whoops - you're right. That popped into my mind and I forgot that's on the House side!
EffieBlack
Mar 2018
#68
Truthfully, if kid is quiet, I think she ought to be allowed to feed on the floor.
moriah
Mar 2018
#69
With Duckworth's mobility issues it's harder for her to do a Gillibrand nursing strategy.
moriah
Mar 2018
#61
Well, that might be misleading. If she takes leave, like McCain is doing....
Honeycombe8
Feb 2018
#24
Done. Thank you. It won't work, though, because republicans are in charge and they are evil scum.
Squinch
Feb 2018
#32
Her Repub predecessor was out for years w/massive stroke and I don't believe he was ever "on leave"
Gidney N Cloyd
Feb 2018
#47
It's the same because the rule is you have to vote in person and you have to present a bill
onenote
Mar 2018
#99
McTurtle would probably have the Sergeant-at-Arms arrest the nursing kid on the Senate floor.
DFW
Mar 2018
#82
Whip out her boob and pump on Senate floor. I would dare any senator to make it an issue.
Pepsidog
Mar 2018
#88
So a senator can run someone down, drunk, with a car, 'on the way to a vote' and
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2018
#92
Not by the 51% of US citizens that have a uterus ... and those in the 49% that love them.
scheming daemons
Mar 2018
#97