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Ernesto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 11:01 AM
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Undoing the Gulf Coast Wage Cut — now, with momentum
(snip) The House Dems' drive to undo Bush's executive order suspending the Davis-Bacon Act is starting to pick up steam. Three developments of note:

First, the number of cosponsors jumped yesterday from to 186, as 15 House Dems jumped on board. This means 95% of the entire House Dem caucus has signed on to this effort — and we'll likely get the other 10 holdouts before much longer.



http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/5323.html


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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 11:04 AM
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1. Good. In the billions of tax cuts Bush has promised,
I think there's enough money for the US to not gouge the victims of Katrina by forcing them to work for post disaster wages.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 11:04 AM
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2. Beautiful! nt
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Ruby Romaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 11:10 AM
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3. fyi-Davis-Bacon website-
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