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Server funding bills pass House.(Washington watch)
Underground Construction, May, 2007 by Barlas, Stephen
The House passed by a vote of 303-108 a reauthorization of the federal sewer grants program, but Democrats attached an amendment which would force non-federally funded projects to pay workers prevailing local wages prescribed by the Davis-Bacon Act. Tacking on the Davis-Bacon provision, which all House Republicans opposed, drew a veto threat from President Bush for the entire bill. The president also objected to the total funding, $14 billion over four years.
A Republican effort to strip the Davis-Bacon language out of the bill failed 140-280, with all 140 "yeas" coming from Republicans. Despite that failure, 140 votes would be enough to sustain a Bush veto of the overall bill, since Democrats would not have the two thirds votes needed to override the veto....
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