What Leave to Expect When You’re a Senator Expecting

No U.S. senator has ever given birth while in office. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is about to be the first.

Duckworth recently announced that she’s expecting a baby girl in April. She’ll be following the maternity leave policy she created for her office when she became a senator a little more than a year ago, a spokesman for Duckworth told Bloomberg Law.

“She’s going to be taking time to bond with her new daughter when she’s born, but she’ll also be available to vote in the Senate,” Duckworth’s spokesman told Bloomberg Law.

Duckworth’s 12 weeks of paid family leave policy, ...