Public opinion is resoundingly in favor of more child care funding, but that's not enough to motivate Republicans.
In September, when billions of dollars in child care funding were about to expire, a Senate subcommittee convened to discuss solutions. It was there that Sen. John Kennedy laid out the partisan tension at the heart of what’s billed as a bipartisan issue. He agreed that child care was an investment in the current and future workforce. Being opposed to affordable child care...
