claim: "dodd brought both parties together to pass the family and medical leave act."
author: chris dodd
evidence_1: illustrated in the nine-year effort to get the family and medical leave act (fmla)  enacted. the fmla, the .... was built in so that the act would pass muster legally;  women would not be the only ones taking time off ... both were brought into the  coalition because of how the problem at hand was framed and how the solution ...
evidence_2: feb 5, 1993 ... president clinton signed the family and medical leave bill.
evidence_3: dec 26, 2013 ... this year marked the 20th anniversary of the family and medical leave act, or  fmla – a law we worked tirelessly to pass as members of congress. it wasn't  easy, but we knew ... so we came together with our colleagues from different  states, districts and political parties to get it done. the fmla was critical ...
evidence_4: nov 9, 2016 ... the results of the 2016 election will not be kind to barack obama's legacy— especially with a republican majority in both houses of congress. ... increases  for government contractors, institute rules regulating greenhouse emissions from  power plants, and apply the family medical leave act to same-sex ...
evidence_5: the dol wage and hour division administers the wage, hour, and child labor  provisions of the fair labor standards act, and programs covering government  contracts, farm labor, family and medical leave, immigration, and polygraph  testing.