WRDA bill makes it past Bush veto
- From: Vol 8, Issue 11 (November 2007)
- Category: General
- Region: Americas
- Country: United States
- Related Companies: AECOM, CDM, CH2M Hill, Fluor Group, MWH, Shaw Group, Stanford Washington Research Group and URS Corp
With the WRDA bill now law, the next step is to secure funding for the projects it authorizes. Private sector contractors should benefit from the extra work.
The $23 billion Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 1495) made it into law this month after Congress voted to override a presidential veto on the bill, which the White House describes as “bloated and lacking in fiscal discipline”. The vote (79 to 14 in the Senate and 361 to 54 in the House) was the first congressional override of ...
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