Family and Medical Leave of One's Senses

Wednesday I took another look at Congressional Activity and found there were SO many awful bills, it made it hard to pick which one to write about. This may not be the worst bill considered, but I picked it because I think its flaws are more immediately obvious to most people.

54. H.R.824 : To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to allow employees to take, as additional leave, parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities, and to clarify that leave may be taken for routine family medical needs and to assist elderly relatives, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 2/3/2009) Cosponsors [8]
Committees: House Education and Labor; House Oversight and Government Reform; House Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/3/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

We now find it necessary to grant mandatory time off to go to recitals and football games? Maybe we should hold off on that just in case the economy takes a turn for the worse. What's that? It already has? [Bangs head on table]