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Washington — A House panel advanced a decades-long effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves by approving legislation Wednesday that would create a commission to study the issue. It's the first time the House Judiciary Committee has acted on the legislation.
Still, prospects for final passage remain poor in such a closely divided Congress. The vote to advance the measure to the full House was 25-17, after a lengthy and often passionate debate that stretched late into the night.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told CBS News he didn't know when it would be scheduled for consideration on the House floor. The bill's sponsor, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, told CBS News she hopes the full House could vote on it this summer.
In historic move, House panel votes to advance slavery reparations bill
The legislation was first introduced in 1989. The committee's debate was long and often heated. And prospects for final passage remain poor.
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