Gillibrand plans to invite Meghan Markle to dinner with female senators to discuss push for paid family leave

Gillibrand plans to invite Meghan Markle to dinner with female senators to discuss their mutual push for paid family leave.

Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said she plans to invite Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, to Washington, D.C., for a bipartisan dinner with female senators in the next month to discuss paid leave.

In an interview with The 19th, Gillibrand said Markle called her to help ensure that paid leave stays in the final version of the social spending bill. In return, the senator extended an invitation for dinner in December.

"I could hear how sincere she was about advocacy," Gillibrand told The 19th.

Gillibrand said that Republican Sen. Deb Fisher of Nebraska was "delighted and looking forward to that conversation."