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Carly Fiorina says she's glad some companies are offering paid maternity leave -- but the government shouldn't mandate it.

"I'm not saying I oppose paid maternity leave. What I'm saying is I oppose the federal government mandating paid maternity leave to every company out there," Fiorina, the Republican presidential contender, said Sunday in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on "State

Democrats in Congress have reintroduced a bill that would create a national paid leave program covering two thirds of peoples wages for up to 60 days a year. But small business owners are wary.

Congressional Democrats are further expanding the definition of infrastructure with a plan to provide paid leave and family benefits for the vast majority of Americans.

Democrats are specifically calling the proposal "care infrastructure," adding to a party-wide push to redefine infrastructure beyond physical projects like roads, bridges and waterways. Republicans have almost

FOR SIX YEARS, the Colorado legislature has tried — and failed — to pass paid family leave. On November 3, Colorado residents themselves will get the opportunity to vote directly for the creation of a leave program, thanks to the ballot measure Proposition 118.

If it passes, the ballot measure will create a social insurance program that will provide all state residents 12 weeks of paid