11. But Dodd said that many people who needed family leave did not take it because they could not afford to go without a paycheck. 12. But Clinton mentions preventing crime, improving education and extending family leave. 13. But his convention speech also appealed to working women, including the so-called waitress moms, by calling for the expansion of family leave. 14. But other measures might be more popular on Capitol Hill, including family leave proposals and biomedical research. 15. But the lack of standard policies on family leave, the pressures of academic science and the modest pay make raising a family difficult, postdocs say. 16. But we need to do more there, with a broader family leave and a number of other issues. 17. Clinton and Dole clashed substantively on health care reform, defense spending, affirmative action, emergency family leave, tobacco regulation, welfare reform and taxes. 18. Corporations have done a lot of complaining about how paid family leave will hurt their bottom lines. 19. Expand the concept of family leave to require employers to allow unpaid time off for PTA meetings and other non-emergency family meetings. 20. Family leave is an important issue for the Gladneys. |