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

Two such phony issues are The Freedom of Choice Act and HR 40, The Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act, bo...

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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 yea...

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02/14/09
World Press Photo Not a Hit

If they wait till a serious attempt... James: They’re talking about the current version of HR 40, introduced in this Congress.

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02/14/09
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02/14/09
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02/13/09
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02/13/09
More Congressional Censorship, Ina...

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

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02/12/09
Democrats Pass Spending Bill, Igno...

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

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02/12/09
Intellectual Honesty

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12/19/10
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