Rep. Bowman Sponsors $14 Trillion Reparations Bill, Citing Pandemic Spending Feasibility
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman sponsors $14 trillion reparations bill, citing COVID spending as example of how it's "feasible"
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Bill aims to compensate descendants of enslaved people for unpaid labor and address racial inequities
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Bowman suggests payouts could be distributed over time rather than one lump sum
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9 House Democrats sponsor the bill, but it lacks support in the Senate
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Part of broader efforts to study reparations on state and local levels, like New York's slavery commission