Tue 16 Oct, 2007
Brownback to propose slavery apology
Filed under: Comment nowRemediesTags: Apologies, Legislation, Sam Brownback, Slavery, U.S. Congress
According to the Boston Globe, Senator Sam Brownback intends to offer a resolution in the Senate this week calling for Congress to apologize for slavery.
Brownback, a social conservative running for president, says that he has a Democratic partner for his proposal, which fits with earlier efforts on his part to address historic injustices committed against American Indians and others.
This resolution would join H.Res. 194, Rep. Cohen’s earlier resolution currently before the House.