Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE is calling for the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to allow candidates to use campaign funds to help pay for child care while on the campaign trail.
“Can you imagine how different our policies would be if more working moms and dads were part of making them?” the former Democratic presidential nominee tweeted Friday.
“That’s why I’m calling on the FEC to allow candidates to use campaign funds for childcare when they’re on the trail.”
Can you imagine how different our policies would be if more working moms and dads were part of making them? That’s why I’m calling on the FEC to allow candidates to use campaign funds for childcare when they’re on the trail. https://t.co/Di6eQtKLcQ
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 27, 2018
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Clinton’s comments came amid a crescendoing national discussion about how to reconcile the responsibilities of parenthood with politics.
The Senate also voted last week to allow lawmakers to bring infants into the chamber, after Sen. Tammy DuckworthLadda (Tammy) Tammy DuckworthWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Senate panel votes to require Pentagon to rename bases named after Confederates Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-Ill.) became the first senator to give birth while in office.
One candidate, Liuba Grechen Shirley, a New York Democrat running for the House, is petitioning the FEC to allow the use of campaign funds for child care costs while she runs for office.
Marc Elias, who serves as counsel to Clinton, filed comments with the FEC on Thursday, expressing support for Grechen Shirley’s petition.
Elias wrote that denying Grechen Shirley’s request would “discourage young mothers from seeking elective office, and deprive parents of ordinary means of the opportunity to serve.”
“Such payment is absolutely necessary to the responsible pursuit of her candidacy,” the comments read.
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