MEDIA WATCH: Coverage of the West Coast port dispute focuses on politics

The 10-day labor lockout that paralyzed 29 West Coast ports came to an end, at least temporarily, when President Bush imposed an 80-day cooling-off period provided for in the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. The law allows the federal government to prevent laborers from striking during national emergencies. Bush was the first President to invoke the law in 25 years, and it was the first time a President had used it on a management lockout rather than a worker strike.