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Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump administration leads a wide-scale rollback of diversity, equity and ...
Cory Booker is sponsor of a companion bill in the Senate. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed support for H.R. 40. [5] Several of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have expressed their support. [6] In April 2021, the bill cleared committee for the first time in its history, heading to the House floor for markups and a vote ...
The bills of the 117th United States Congress list includes proposed federal laws that were introduced in the 117th United States Congress.. The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the lower house known as the House of Representatives and the upper house known as the Senate.
The bill would create a federal commission to study U.S. slavery and potential reparation proposals for Black Americans harmed by its legacy. ... “H.R. 40 is long overdue and even more necessary ...
The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Ben Cardin as S. 24 on January 3, 2019 with 30 cosponsors. [8] On January 10, 2019, it was passed by the Senate unanimously, in a voice vote. [9] The next day, the House of Representatives held debate on the bill, and then passed the Senate bill without amendment in a roll call vote. [10]
The cap on the deduction that taxpayers in high-tax states are able to take against their federal returns was set at $10,000 in the 2017 law and ... the freshly passed bill heads to the Senate ...
Budget reconciliation bills can deal with mandatory spending, revenue, and the federal debt limit, and the Senate can pass one bill per year affecting each subject. Congress can thus pass a maximum of three reconciliation bills per year, though in practice it has often passed a single reconciliation bill affecting both spending and revenue. [ 3 ]
A compromise bill fell $2 billion short of the cuts Reagan wanted, so Reagan vetoed the bill and shut down the federal government. A temporary bill restored spending through December 15 and gave Congress the time to work out a more lasting deal. 1982 (1) Sep 30– Oct 2: 3: No: Reagan: Rep (53R-46D-1I) Dem (243D-191R-1I)