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Congress poised for battle over reparations for Black Americans Reuters 5 hrs ago By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have advanced a bill that could pave the way to reparations for Black Americans as part of a broader effort to address centuries of enslavement and institutional racism. The House Judiciary Committee late on Wednesday voted 25-17 to create a commission to draft reparation proposals, an idea first proposed in Congress three decades ago. No Republicans voted to support the measure, a committee spokeswoman said. Slavery was this country’s original sin. Our Constitution protected it and we continue to grapple with its effects today, Democratic Representative Steve Cohen, a senior committee member, tweeted late on Wednesday.

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