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Paul Ryan Demands Family Time In His New Job.
Paul Ryan Demands Family Time In His New Job. Many Americans Aren't So Lucky.The U.S. is the only developed country with no guaranteed paid family leave.
Amanda Terkel
Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post
Posted: 10/20/2015 11:40 PM EDT | Edited: 10/21/2015 10:23 AM EDT
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) made many in his party happy Tuesday night when he told his colleagues that he had finally agreed to take the job no one wants and run for speaker of the House. But he said he will do so only if members agree to a list of conditions, most of which concern the functioning of the caucus. One demand, however, was deeply personal.
"I cannot and will not give up my family time," Ryan told reporters following the House GOP meeting.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-ryan-family-leave_5626efeae4b08589ef49a940
Ryan demands weekends off. These people don't get weekends off with their families...
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"Not for thee!"
have to work on the weekend. 
One of Paul Ryan’s conditions for becoming speaker is that he be able to spend time with his family. But when it comes to federal policies on family leave, Ryan has opposed virtually every measure proposed over the past several years.
In 2009, for instance, Ryan voted against the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, which would have allowed federal employees to substitute up to four weeks of available paid leave to take parental leave. The bill passed a then-Democratic House with 24 Republican votes, but the legislation never made it to the Senate floor.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/paul-ryan-family-leave-speaker-house-215034#ixzz3pPRfr1KK
