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The Davis-Bacon Act requires contractors on all federal construction projects to pay their workers the prevailing wage in the same locality. However, the prevailing wages estimated by the federal gov­ernment are highly inaccurate. In some counties, for example, Davis-Bacon wage determinations are just one-third of market wages. In other counties, they are more than 75 percent above prevailing market wages. In some states, Davis-Bacon rates are actually below the minimum wage.

The Chinese government has a broad security relationship with Iran.

The United States faces its greatest space competitor since the dawn of the Space Age in the form of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In order to secure its interests, both terrestrially and in space, the U.S. needs to sustain its own space efforts, both governmental and commercial, while recognizing the growing competition from China.

If and when Republicans take control of Congress next year, they should investigate Joe Biden’s questionable tax conduct.

The oil and gas industry has seized the opportunity provided by Russia’s war in Ukraine to lobby for regulatory rollbacks.