Friday, February 25, 2022

Reparations Might Pass House

 

House Dems Say They Have the Votes to Pass Reparations

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According to a new Washington Post report, Democrats now have the votes to pass a reparations bill through the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would create a commission on reparations for only “Black Americans.”

The report notes:

More than three decades after it was first introduced, a House bill that would create a commission to study reparations for Black Americans has the votes to pass, its key champions say.

“This has been a 30-plus year journey,” said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas). “We had to take a different approach. We had to go one by one to members explaining this does not generate a check.”

The commission would hold hearings with testimony from those who support and oppose the idea. Jackson Lee said the country would end up better from the process. “Reparations is about repair and when you repair the damage that has been done, you do so much to move a society forward. This commission can be a healing process — telling the truth can heal America,” she said.

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