{"id":1933920,"date":"2023-05-19T05:56:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T09:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cori-bush-introduces-resolution-calling-for-14-trillion-in-reparations\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T05:57:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T09:57:41","slug":"rep-cori-bush-introduces-resolution-calling-for-14-trillion-in-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cori-bush-introduces-resolution-calling-for-14-trillion-in-reparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Cori Bush proposes $14T reparations resolution."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-cori-bush-introduces-resolution-calling-for-14-trillion-in-reparations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1933920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. Cori Bush Calls for $14 Trillion in Reparations for Slavery<\/h2>\n<p>On May 17, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) introduced a resolution that demands $14 trillion in reparations for the U.S. history of slavery. This resolution aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-arrested-and-charged-for-changing-iconic-l-a-sign-to-read-hollyboob\/\" title=\"6 Arrested And Charged For Changing Iconic L.A. Sign To Read \u2018HOLLYBOOB\u2019\">raise awareness<\/a> about H.R. 40, a measure that has been introduced in every Congress for decades. H.R. 40 would establish a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominates-sen-manchins-wife-for-federal-commission\/\" title=\"Biden nominates Sen. Manchin\u2019s wife for federal commission\">federal commission<\/a> to study the issue of slavery reparations. The resolution states that \u201cthe United States has a moral and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-read-the-memo-provided-to-vp-pence-noting-that-he-has-the-opportunity-to-save-the-country\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Read the Memo Provided to VP Pence Noting that He Has the Opportunity to Save the Country\">legal obligation<\/a> to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Co-Sponsors of the Resolution<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)<\/li>\n<li>Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)<\/li>\n<li>Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)<\/li>\n<li>Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.)<\/li>\n<li>Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.)<\/li>\n<li>Summer Lee (D-Pa.)<\/li>\n<li>Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.)<\/li>\n<li>Al Green (D-Texas)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cBlack people in our country cannot wait any longer for our government to begin addressing each and every one of the extraordinary bits of harm, all of the harm it has caused since the founding that it continues to perpetuate each and every day all across our communities, all across this country,\u201d said Bush at a May 17 news conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-first-black-billionaire-calls-for-14-trillion-in-reparations-and-wants-his-own-check-too\/\" title=\"America\u2019s First Black Billionaire Calls For  Trillion In Reparations \u2014 And Wants His Own Check, Too\">black-white wealth gap<\/a> is $14 trillion, it\u2019s unjust and it wouldn\u2019t happen in a just and fair and equitable society,\u201d she added. \u201cThose are not the natural consequences of human society, none of that. They are directly caused by our federal government\u2019s role in the enslavement and exploitation of Africans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for the U.S. government to take responsibility for the harm caused by slavery and work towards reparations. Let&#8217;s support Rep. Cori Bush and her co-sponsors in their efforts to create a more just and equitable society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) proposed a resolution on May 17 to demand $14 trillion in reparations for slavery. The resolution aims to raise awareness for H.R. 40, a measure introduced in every Congress for years, which would create a federal commission to investigate slavery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":1933921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[27118,4589,5464,5392,7129,9128,5421],"class_list":["post-1933920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-14t","tag-bush","tag-cori","tag-proposes","tag-rep","tag-reparations","tag-resolution"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1933920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}