A bill on studying reparations is getting a House vote 30 years in the making
Posted on AllSides April 14th, 2021
From The Left
The House Judiciary Committee is preparing for a vote on reparations that has been 32 years in the making.
Wednesday, the committee will mark up and vote on HR 40 — a bill sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) that would create a 13-person federal commission to study American slavery, its effects, and what the government might do to mitigate those effects. After completing its study, the commission would be required to issue recommendations on possible “forms of rehabilitation or restitution” — essentially, reparations — to Congress.
Reparations, generally...