First Major Davis-Bacon Senate Vote in 10 Years Preserves Prevailing Wage Vote June 8 on amendments to a package of bills designed to invest in US competitiveness with China ensures support not just for semiconductor manufacturers, but workers that drive their productivity June 9, 2021 The Senate has been jockeying over procedure, watering down funding and inserting partisanship into a package of bills intended to marshal bipartisan support for improving U.S. business competitiveness with China for months. A pivotal vote on June 8 struck down an amendment to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act intended to remove the bill’s prevailing wage, or Davis-Bacon, provisions.