Date: October 9, 1997
Subject: Fiscal 1998 District of Columbia Appropriations
Description: Sabo (D-MN) amendment to strike the bill's provision that permits waiver of the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires the payment of "locally prevailing wages" on federally funded construction projects, for contractors who perform repairs and construction of District of Columbia schools. A vote for the Sabo amendment effectively would have locked non-union contractors out of the bidding.
Result: Agreed to, 234-188
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