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A few more points:

“>>Dorgan’s proposal was a huge imposition on business, and the most intrusive wage rules since the New Deal.<<

Do you have a link? I was looking at what I thought was the text of the amendment but couldn’t find the “huge imposition on business.””

I misspoke on this. There was a separate amendment. It that was put together by - get this - OBAMA ... and it was in the 2006 bill. extending Davis-Bacon to private sector workers is an imposition of wage regulations not seen since the New Deal. It comes from the same union-mindset though:

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjIyYmRjMjMxZTViNWFlOWRmZWYyMGVhM2Y3Njk1MWI=

The bill extends Davis-Bacon “prevailing wage” provisions—typically the area’s union wage that applies only to construction on federal projects under current law—to all occupations (e.g. roofers, carpenters, electricians, etc.) covered by Davis-Bacon. So guest-workers (but not citizen workers) must be paid Davis-Bacon wage rates for jobs in the private sector if their occupation is covered by Davis-Bacon. Presumably because Senate Democrats’ union bosses thought this provision too modest, an amendment by Senator Barack Obama, approved by voice vote, extended Davis-Bacon wages rates to all private work performed by guest workers, even if their occupations are not covered by Davis-Bacon.”

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>>I misspoke on this. There was a separate amendment. It that was put together by - get this - OBAMA ... and it was in the 2006 bill. extending Davis-Bacon to private sector workers is an imposition of wage regulations not seen since the New Deal. It comes from the same union-mindset though:<<

Thanks!