In a recent article in Mother Jones, entitled What Family Leave? by Stephanie Mencimer, she discusses both the Bush plan to undercut existing legislation, and the need for the expansion of FMLA coverage.

The US is the only industrialized country in the world that doesn't provide paid maternity leave, putting it on par with such nations as Liberia and Swaziland, according to one study. But for 15 years the FMLA has been the beginning and the end of federal work/family policymaking.

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Back on April 1, we asked our readers what they would ask Barack Obama if given the chance to ask any question.  After being disappointed by the last televised debate, the MOMOcrats (of which my wife is a contributing writer) came up with a list of questions that the MOMocrats and our readers wished that ABC had asked, and sent them off to Obama and Clinton campaign HQ (they even offered them up to the McCain campaign.  

The only candidate to take the time was Barack Obama, who replied with answers to five of their questions on poverty, the credit crisis, torture, childcare, and maternity leave, all answered exclusively for MOMocrats.

http://momocrats.typepad.com/momocrats/2 008/05/momocrats-exclu.html#more

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