Create a national paid family and medical leave program covering all Americans.

Nikki Budzinski · Illinois · Democratic

policy impact 0.90 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 98%

Occurrences

We’ll finally create a national paid family and medical leave program.

Promises to establish a nationwide paid family and medical leave program.

Budzinski Unveils Affordability Agenda to Address the Cost of Living Crisis
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

“We’ll cut red tape and modernize permitting to build four million new homes over the next decade, and we’ll finally create a national paid family and medical leave program.” In the Families section, the agenda says: “Create a national paid family and medical leave program that covers all Americans.”

Budinski publicly reiterated support for creating a national paid family and medical leave program and placed it in her 2026 affordability agenda. This is a clear advocacy statement, not enactment.

unresolved unknown A for effort

Budzinski Unveils Affordability Agenda to Address the Cost of Living Crisis
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

This bill has the status Introduced. Latest Action: House - 09/16/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. There is 1 version of this bill. Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]. Cosponsor list includes Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13].

The current FAMILY Act bill remained at introduction and committee referral only; Budzinski is a cosponsor, indicating support for a national paid leave program, but no legislative delivery occurred in the looked-at period.

unresolved same_term A for effort

All Info - H.R.5390 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): FAMILY Act
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 94%

The committee statement says “there is currently no federal law that outlines paid leave benefits” and notes that H.R. 3089 was an attempt to coordinate state-level programs, not enact a national paid leave mandate.

A House committee hearing in the lookback window confirms the issue remained unresolved at the federal level and that no national paid leave law existed as of Feb. 24, 2026. This supports a finding of no delivery.

never same_term

Mackenzie Holds Hearing on Paid Leave
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 78%

Assessments

never same_term A for effort

The promised outcome was creation of a national paid family and medical leave program covering all Americans. The evidence indicates that no such federal program had been enacted as of early 2026; a House committee statement explicitly said there was still no federal law outlining paid leave benefits. Budzinski did advocate for the policy publicly and cosponsored the FAMILY Act in the 119th Congress, but that bill was only introduced and referred to committee, with no enactment. Because she made a meaningful legislative and public-policy effort but the promised outcome was not achieved, this is best scored as never with an effort badge.

provider openai · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 95%