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House pushes water worker wage rules
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published March 10, 2007
WASHINGTON - Union construction workers would gain a hiring advantage for more projects under legislation the House passed Friday, the latest in a series of pro-labor measures by Democrats that President Bush has promised to veto. The 303-108 vote involves water projects funded by federal lending. Republicans tried but failed to strip out a provision requiring contractors to pay wages equal to those prevailing locally. The White House said advisers would recommend Bush veto the bill if it retained the Davis-Bacon Act provisions on paying prevailing wages on public works projects. The requirement typically gives an advantage to unionized companies bidding for federal contracts. A GOP-backed amendment to eliminate the wage provision was rejected 280-140. Bush has also threatened to veto a broad antiterrorism bill now on the Senate floor because it gives limited union rights to airport screeners. Bush has vetoed only one bill in his presidency.
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