Cass Ballenger: “anyone watching the news this week would have been impressed with the President's sudden commitment to promoting…”

“anyone watching the news this week would have been impressed with the President's sudden commitment to promoting workplace flexibility, but my question is this: Where was the President last year when I introduced the Working Families Flexibility Act; a bill that would allow an employee to choose between cash wages or paid time off for overtime work--a valuable opportunity to spend more time with family. Not only did the President oppose this bill--at the request of the Washington union bosses who are spending $35 million to run false and misleading campaign ads against Republicans--but his Chief of Staff, Leon Panetta, calls it a poison pill. Why the sudden change of heart? Madam Speaker, my guess is the President's army of political hacks and spin gurus suddenly discovered in their polling that American women overwhelmingly support the Republican Working Families Flexibility Act, and they had better do some good ole stump proposals just to cover their electoral bases. While Washington pundits might praise the President's ability to hijack important issues for political gain, this kind of gamesmanship only hurts the American people and their ability to balance the conflicting pressures of work and family--especially working women. This is hardly a formula for election year success.”