Rep. Cori Bush, Missouri Democrat, said she is bringing a congressional resolution in support of reparations for slavery, arguing that federal action is needed to address the $14 trillion “Black-White wealth gap.”
by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas Democrat, to form a federal commission to study and develop reparations proposals for Black Americans.
Those backing Ms. Bush’s resolution included Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, another member of the far-left “Squad” of House Democrats, who gave the Biden administration a nudge. Bills to form reparations commissions have been introduced in Congress every session since 1989, but the issue has drawn renewed attention this year with task forces in California and San Francisco floating proposals for hundreds of billions to compensate Black residents for the harms of slavery.
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