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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: manalagi who wrote (78380)6/16/2010 6:11:16 PM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
Obama needs to waive the Jones Act:

pbs.org



To: manalagi who wrote (78380)6/16/2010 7:33:15 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 149317
 
Specifically, the Jones Act requires that any ships transporting goods from state to state be built in the US, crewed by Americans, and owned by Americans. On Monday, Sen. George LeMieux and Rep. Jeff Miller, both Florida Republicans, sent a letter to Obama requesting that he waive the act.

csmonitor.com;

Why do you think he's not waiving the act?