House Dems reintroduce reparations legislation: 'We refuse to be silent'

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House Dems reintroduce reparations legislation: 'We refuse to be silent'
Progressive Rep. Ayanna Pressley says 'reparations are a necessary step in achieving justice'
By Stephen Sorace Fox News
Published February 12, 2025 2:33pm EST

House Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that aims to find ways to deliver reparations to Black Americans who are descendants of slaves.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is co-leading the reintroduction of H.R.40, or the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act, to Congress with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.

Pressley, a progressive member of the Squad, said during a news conference that "reparations are a necessary step in achieving justice."

"We are in a moment of anti-Blackness on steroids and we refuse to be silent," Pressley said. "We will not back down in our pursuit of racial justice."

The bill aims to create a federal commission charged with investigating the enduring impacts of slavery and its aftermath, along with developing concrete proposals for reparations to African Americans who are descendants of slaves, Pressley said.

Reparations can take different forms but broadly refer to payments or other forms of recompense to the descendants of Black individuals affected by slavery or past racist policies.

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[DB]

I never owned any slaves. Let all the slave owners pay.

[berdie]

I never owned any slaves. Let all the slave owners pay.

I agree. I have never owned a slave. I have never known anybody that owned a slave. And conversely, I've never known anybody that was a slave.

[DB]

The Dems didn't do this while they controlled the White House but now that they don't they want to. Tells you all you need to know.

It is just a weapon to blame Republicans for something they didn't want to actually do when they were in power.

I say pass a law to give every slave a million dollars. They just have to prove they lived under state sanctioned slavery to collect.

[mountaineer]

A desperate attempt to get back the black voters they lost in 2024.

[Smokin Joe]

The Dems didn't do this while they controlled the White House but now that they don't they want to. Tells you all you need to know.

It is just a weapon to blame Republicans for something they didn't want to actually do when they were in power.

I say pass a law to give every slave a million dollars. They just have to prove they lived under state sanctioned slavery to collect.

I'd amend that to say; "...state sanctioned slavery in the United States..."

Yes, every living slave owner should compensate every living person who was a slave here under the approval of any US Law.

[DB]

I'd amend that to say; "...state sanctioned slavery in the United States..."

Yes, every living slave owner should compensate every living person who was a slave here under the approval of any US Law.

Good amendment.

[Hoodat]

I have no problem with Democrats paying reparations.  It should be a Democrat Party thing, not a Federal Government thing.

[Hoodat]

I never owned any slaves. Let all the slave owners pay.

And slave sellers.