In a notice to Congress, Bush said the hurricane had caused "a national emergency" that permits him to take such action under the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act in ravaged areas of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi.
The Davis-Bacon law requires federal contractors to pay workers at least the prevailing wages in the area where the work is conducted. It applies to federally funded construction projects such as highways and bridges.
Bush's action came as the federal government moved to provide billions of dollars in aid, and drew rebukes from two of organized labor's biggest friends in Congress, Rep. George Miller of California and Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, both Democrats.
"The administration is using the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to cut the wages of people desperately trying to rebuild their lives and their communities," Miller said.
I find this to be one of the most dispicable things that I have ever heard! How is it possible for him to get away with this shit! Where are the Goddamn Democrats? Get your asses out in front of the cameras and call him on this garbage! As far as I am concerned this presidency is over! There must be some provision when the leader himself is mentally unbalanced. If not then we need to hurry and get him impeached while there is still a country to save!
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