In most cases, laws peripherally guide the path of our lives. We are vaguely (tax) or specifically (immigration) aware of them and so long as our actions stay within their bounds (i.e. speed limits), we pretty much forget about them.
Once in a while a huge bill becomes law (the Federal bank bail-out, for example) that everybody knows about, but again, how many people do you know who were personally helped by TARP money? Not many, I'll bet.
It was a nice surprise, then, to realise today that I'm personally very grateful for the actions of one Connecticut senator in ushering a bill to law that just allowed me to spend two weeks at home to welcome my newborn son into the world.
The Family Medical Leave Act protects fathers (and mothers) jobs for up to 12 weeks (six of which are paid) while they look after their families in times of need, most usually at the time of a birth or adoption.
Well Senator Dodd, I'm not sure how my wife would have coped these past two weeks without me at home, and I'm not entirely sure I would have been able to take those weeks(and a couple more to come) without your law, so I think I owe you one.
Let me know what I can do for you.
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