August 2, 2007 Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) today lauded Senate approval of their amendment that would allow the family of wounded military personnel to take up to 6 months of unpaid leave, expanding the benefits provided under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which currently allows 12 weeks of leave. The approval of this amendment came a week after the release of a report by the President’s Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors urging Congress to extend FMLA for up to six months for a family member of a service member who was severely injured in combat. The bipartisan Support for Injured Servicemembers Act is also cosponsored by Senators Dole, Graham, Mikulski, Chambliss, Brown, Salazar, Cardin, Menendez, Kennedy, Boxer, Reed, Murray, Harkin, Ben Nelson, and Lieberman.