Chimp Strike!
Sep. 9th, 2005 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsPresident 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.
