H.R.40 - Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act

To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act as introduced.
  • Official: To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Official: Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act as introduced.

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02/23/09
Watch out for phony issues

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02/21/09
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02/19/09
A bill for reparations

Secondly, I have noted that Representative John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, has offered a bill, HR 40, every year for over 19 years, on reparations. ...

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02/14/09
World Press Photo Not a Hit

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02/14/09
Founder of Muslim TV Network Beheads Wife

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02/14/09
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1 hr. 40 PG (mild language, thematic elements) - CR Friday the 13th ** Mark Niespel, who made an impressive version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in 2003, ...

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02/13/09
New York Soda Tax Shot Down

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02/13/09
More Congressional Censorship, Inadvertent This Time?

STU RODKIN: Track HR 40 [110th] Because this bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress, no more action... C Stanley: Scary- I’m almost ...

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02/12/09
Democrats Pass Spending Bill, Ignore Republicans

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02/12/09
Intellectual Honesty

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02/10/09
Suicide Bombers Attack Kabul

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02/10/09
CEOs Try to Save Face

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02/01/09
SSU baseball preview: Play ball

Mark Pestorich, RF, Sr. (.343, 5 HR, 40 RBI): Pestorich hit .397 with runners in scoring position in 2008. Kyle Jones, CF, So. (.310, 5 HR, 33 RBI): Jones ...

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01/27/09
Obama and US Policy Towards Africa

On the website of one of the most senior lawmakers in the USA there is the declaration that: In January of 1989, Mr. Conyers first introduced the bill HR 40 ...

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01/24/09
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01/20/09
Longevity + Consistency = Baseball Hall of Fame

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