LINCOLN- U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer brought her reelection campaign to a small, crowded room on the first floor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's city campus union this month, meeting in a town hall-style format with a few dozen students who attended the Oct. 9 gathering of UNL's College Republicans.

Fischer was stopped in her tracks by one question in particular: "If you could pass any one policy in the next term, what would it be?" Senator Fischer settled on an answer: "Paid family leave."

It was perhaps a surprising response from a GOP lawmaker in Nebraska, where efforts to codify sick leave are most associated with liberals. Fischer's remarks to the students mirrored her pitch to Nebraska voters at large.

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