Democratic Congressman Fights Bush's Gulf Coast Wage Cut...

Rep. George Miller (D-CA) is showing real leadership in attempting to overturn President Bush's Gulf Coast Wage Cut.

Representative George Miller (D-CA) and other House Democrats today employed an unprecedented parliamentary procedure that will force the House to vote by November 4 on whether or not to overturn President Bush’s Gulf Coast wage cut.

In September, the President issued a proclamation suspending the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act for workers in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Davis-Bacon requires federal contractors to pay construction workers the locally prevailing wage for their job function. Suspending the law, as Bush has done at the request of 35 House Republicans and Republican activist Grover Norquist, means that federal contractors can pay workers less than they would usually have to pay for the same work and with no obligation to pass any savings on to federal taxpayers.

Miller introduced legislation in September to overturn the President’s proclamation. Every single Democratic lawmaker in the House (as well as one independent) has co-sponsored the bill but not one Republican has done so.

Once again, President Bush takes action to help corporations at the expense of the people who actually do the work in this country.

Once again Democrats step up to fight his efforts to further weaken the middle class...
- posted by Brian @ 10:35 AM