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@Maratime(sp) law - Bush bypassed it to let foreign ships in to help with Katrina within 3 days - it would have been sooner but the Governor of Louisiana was blocking all rescue attempts until Bush finally went over her head. The Jones Act was written to let Union workers control shipping and shipbuilding in the U.S. and U.S. ports, but they didn't have the equipment to handle oil spills and Obama was too afraid to show any leadership qualities or have to make a decision that might offend his base.