Hillary Clinton has claimed that she helped get the Family and Medical Leave Act passed.

Now, that sounds like she worked hard to get the FMLA put into law, that her efforts really made a difference. However, this is patently un1.
If you don’t read this whole post, all you need to know is that Bill Clinton was inaugurated on January 20, 1993 and the FMLA was signed just sixteen days later, on February 5, 1993.
Just on that basis it doesn’t look like the First Lady had to do much of anything to get it done. But read on for the full chronology which reveals the emptiness of Hillary's Clinton's attempt to get credit for this legislation.

From 100 reasons not to vote for Clinton.

When Hillary Clinton became First Lady on January 20,1993 the FMLA didn't need any help to pass, which is the reason it sailed through congress 16 days later by huge margins.

The bill had been around for years, had strong support in both houses of Congress, and had already passed, yet been vetoed, twice before during the preceding George Bush Sr. Presidency. All it needed was a president who wouldn't veto it. Everyone knew this.

As soon as that happed congress acted quickly and passed it for a third time just 16 days into the Clinton Presidency by overwhelming margins. All Bill Clinton had to do was take out a pen, fulfill his campaign promise, and sign on the dotted line - which he did. Unless Hillary helped him hold the pen it's hard to fathom how her campaign can possibly claim she helped pass the thing.

American Prospect shows how preposterous this claim is. Via Matt Iglesias.

Seriously though, a bigger story supposedly "uncovered" in the First Lady papers is that Hillary never held or attended any meetings on the Family Medical Leave Act, which was the first piece of legislation President Bill Clinton signed, 10 days after entering office. Having just written a piece about the FMLA for the upcoming print issue of the Prospect, I can tell you that anyone familiar with the law should have already realized Hillary's very limited involvement. The non-profit organization the National Partnership for Women and Families originally drafted the bill, which was then championed in the House by former Colorado Congresswoman Pat Schroeder and in the Senate by Chris Dodd and Ted Kennedy. These three were at work trying to pass the FMLA from the late-1980s on, while the Clintons were in Arkansas and running a national campaign.

Here's from her website (screen dump from today)