Skip to main content
NEW GENERATION

Senate Changes Rules to Allow Babies Into the Chamber

The rule change was prompted by Sen. Tammy Duckworth giving birth.

180418-tammy-duckworth-cheat_auxkpl

Joshua Roberts/Reuters

The Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to allow babies under the age of 1 to be on the floor of the chamber. The rule change was prompted by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) giving birth earlier this month and would allow the senator to return to work on Capitol Hill sooner by allowing her to bring her daughter with her. Duckworth became the first senator to give birth while serving in the upper chamber. “These policies aren’t just a women’s issue, they are a common-sense economic issue,” Duckworth said in a statement praising the rule change.

Read it at The Washington Post

TRENDING NOW