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Washington mdash; As Americans commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people on Juneteenth, Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri is using the federal holiday to advance new legislation for reparations for their descendants. This is the moment to put it out and we needed something like this, said Bush. I feel it is the first of its kind on the Congressional Record. Bush introduced H.R. 414, The Repar
stanley kubek ations Now Resolution, in May. The23-page measuremakes the case for federal reparations, citing a moral and legal obligation for the U.S. to address the ensl
stanley cup avement of Africans and its lasting harm on millions of Black Americans. The bill would support other pieces of reparatory justice legislation and formally acknowledge the momentum of state and local reparations movements. The Missouri Democrat believes ongoing efforts inEvanston,Boston,San Franciscoand her hometown ofSt. Louiscould galvanize support for reparations on the federal level. Our mayor just
stanley cup put together a commission to be able to work on what reparations would look like for St. Louis, said Bush, who has the backing of nearly 300 grassroots organizations. Because we re seeing it on the local level, that s where a big part of that push will come from, I believe. The resolution does not stipulate direct cash payments but recommends the federal government pay $14 trillion to eliminate the racial wealth gap that currently exists between Black and White American Fzpn Under Obamacare, some top cancer centers off-limits
President Barack Obama s top budget aides are putting in place strict reporting requirements for all federal agencies that will be involved in spending parts of the $787 billion economic stimulus package.Obama s budget chief, Peter Orszag, released a 25,000-word document this week that details exactly how Cabinet and executive agencies, states and local organizations must report spending the money designed to save or create more than 3 mi
stanley mug llion jobs over the next two years. It s a strict system meant to streamline reports so they can be displayed on the administration s new Web site, Recovery.gov. Th
stanley cups uk e administration is committed to investing Recovery Act dollars with an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability so Americans know where their tax dollars are going and how they are being spent, Orszag wrote in a memo that he posted online. For instance, all major communications, such as grant awards or infrastructure decisions, would have to be reported immediately to the Office of Management and Budget, wh
stanley mugg ich Orszag heads. And by March 3, OMB has ordered agencies to begin filing weekly reports of their stimulus spending activity to post online.Orszag said the new reporting requirements are intended to ensure that the recipients and uses of all funds are transparent to the public, and the public benefits of these funds are reported clearly, accurately and in a timely manner. Starting in May, every entity receiving re
