Red Tape Slowing Oil Spill Clean-up

Waivers to the Jones Act were granted by the administration of George W. Bush in the days following hurricane Katrina. And today, the Obama White House said waivers might again be considered.
“If there is the need for any type of waiver, that would obviously be granted,” said White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs. “But, we've not had that problem thus far.”

Of course the reason Obama won't waive this is because it would not be the "union" thing to do.

Here is the whole article for you to read.