Ex-congressman disputes Clinton boasts on medical leave legislation

[Life Long Dem]

More deception by Clinton.

Ex-congressman disputes Clinton boasts on medical leave legislation


By Sam Youngman

The Hill - The former congressman who shepherded the Family and Medical Leave Act through Congress sought Thursday to debunk Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) claim to the legislation, saying she “never had anything to do with it.”

Former Rep. William Lacy Clay, Sr. (D-Mo.) is circulating an email disputing Clinton’s claim that the law is one of her more meaningful domestic accomplishments. The presidential candidate says she helped lobby for the bill’s passage and signing in 1993.
But Clay, who was joined by Senate sponsor Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), said the bill had already passed by large margins when it passed in 1990 and 1992 before it was vetoed on both occasions by former President George H.W. Bush.

“All we needed was a president to sign it,” Clay said. “The president signed it, and we’re grateful for that but there was no lobbying by him or her.”

The Hill has obtained a copy of the Clay email rejecting Clinton’s claims to have been instrumental in bill’s becoming law. The former congressman writes, “If Hillary played a role in its passage, it was without my knowledge.”

Clay conceded that Clinton might have helped Dodd in the Senate, but given the large margins by which the bill had passed before, Clay said Dodd “just wouldn’t need” the help. Dodd could not be reached for comment.

“She never had anything to with it,” Clay said. “I just don’t think you ought to play games with that kind of stuff.”

Clay said he is not supporting either candidate although his son, Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D-Mo.) is a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 9:49 pm

http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/ex_congressman_disputes_clinton_boasts_on_medical_leave_legislation/

[Life Long Dem]

1. Kick

[kevinmc]

2. Drip - Drip - Drip - Drip ..... expect more like this. n/t

[DerekJ]

3. "Misspoke"..again

Hillary really needs some sleep.

[papau]

12. not really any "mis-speak" - the Gingrich Congress was much more conservative

[StevieM]

4. The newest fake scandal has arrived. Obama's campaign is all about tearing Hillary apart

and calling her a liar--it's the only way he can win votes. The only reason Obama has gotten this far is because of his efforts to portray Hillary Clinton as a bad person.

Steve

[FunkyLeprechaun]

5. I'm just wondering why you defend this

She outright lied about Bosnia. This has caused others to question her accomplishments that are noted on her website. FMLA is one thing that we kind of knew that she didn't have a hand in. Sure she helped pass the second part of FMLA a couple of years ago, but it was all down to Chris Dodd for the first part.

I knew her claim about NI was not true and nearly got into arguments about it. I'm really glad people are saying that her helping the NI peace process wasn't true.

[StevieM]

6. She did not outright lie about Bosnia....any more then Al Gore outright lied about James Lee Witt

eom

[FunkyLeprechaun]

7. Oh yes she did

Ducking under sniper fire was her story on the 17th, then video came out saying this wasn't true. She had previously dismissed a comedian for saying that it actually didn't happen. 4 times she told this story.

Why are you defending this?

[StevieM]

8. For the same reason I defended Al Gore. Because this stuff is nonsense. We all misspeak

from time to time, and Obama has had a few of his own, like claiming he passed nuclear leak legislation that never made it out of committee.

Steve

[Life Long Dem]

9. Yep. Typical Hillary supporters blaming everything on someone else mostly Obama but also his support

Typical.

[crankychatter]

10. I can't keep track of all this stuff... it's like Bushs 9 hunnert and eleventy seven lies

k n r

someone needs to put this all in one place and keep track

[Splinter Cell]

11. Yet ANOTHER fuckin' lie from HRC......

[papau]

13. No - not a lie in any way - Gingrich Congress was more conservative

[elleng]

14. This is just ONE of the reasons

we haven't had a former senator/congress member as President since Kennedy!

DAMN DAMN DAMN Dems!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrTG_amtrhA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnwNONbLkpU&feature=related