Chimp Strike!
Sep. 9th, 2005 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
President Bush has suspended the Davis-Bacon act of 1931 for workers in declared disaster areas. This means that contractors will not be required to pay prevailing local wages to federal employees.
In a letter to Congress, Bush said he has the power to suspend the law because of the national emergency caused by the hurricane: "I have found that the conditions caused by Hurricane Katrina constitute a 'national emergency'."
Lovely. By fiat, George Bush has given himself the power Nixon once craved. Now, I'm scared.
In a letter to Congress, Bush said he has the power to suspend the law because of the national emergency caused by the hurricane: "I have found that the conditions caused by Hurricane Katrina constitute a 'national emergency'."
Lovely. By fiat, George Bush has given himself the power Nixon once craved. Now, I'm scared.
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Date: 2005-09-09 11:49 pm (UTC)Go you. ;)
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Date: 2005-09-10 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-10 08:27 pm (UTC)...but I have no proof.
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Date: 2005-09-11 01:17 am (UTC)I'm confused.