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Publication Date: May 1992
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Scott A. Hodge
Research Area: Labor; Social conditions
Keywords: Society
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
If Congress truly wishes to bring jobs back to the inner cities it can take the immediate step of repealing the Davis-Bacon Act, thereby opening up job opportunities on federal reconstruction projects. Yet George Bush need not wait for Congress to act. The President has the executive power to suspend Davis-Bacon with the stroke of a pen in times of emergency.