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	<title>The Living Consequences &#187; Legislation</title>
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		<title>Harry Reid compares health care debate to ending slavery</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/12/harry-reid-compares-health-care-debate-to-ending-slavery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been taking heat since yesterday for his remarks on the Senate floor comparing the opponents of health care reform to those who opposed ending slavery.
As I&#8217;ll explain below, I believe the criticism over Reid&#8217;s remarks is misplaced at best, and political gamesmanship at worst. However, I also think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing held on Massachusetts slavery-era disclosure law</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/10/hearing-held-on-massachusetts-slavery-era-disclosure-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I previewed last month, the Massachusetts state legislature held a hearing yesterday on state representative Byron Rushing&#8217;s proposed slavery-era disclosure law.
Update: Governor Deval Patrick has commented that while he hasn&#8217;t read the bill, he agrees that &#8220;we have some unfinished work about some injustices that goes back generations.&#8221;
H 3148 would make Massachusetts the fifth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing set for Massachusetts slavery-era disclosure law</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/09/hearing-set-for-massachusetts-slavery-era-disclosure-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I wrote about Massachusetts State Representative Byron Rushing&#8217;s proposed slavery-era disclosure law. At that time, I indicated that Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts &#38; Cultural Development should hold a public hearing later in the year.
The committee has now scheduled a public hearing for Monday, October 5 at 1:00pm at which testimony will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Senate votes on slavery apology</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/u-s-senate-votes-on-slavery-apology/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/u-s-senate-votes-on-slavery-apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to debate and vote on the apology for slavery and racial discrimination offered by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).
Debate on the resolution should begin around 10:30am (Eastern time), following a period of morning business which begins at 9:45am and could last up to an hour, and will be broadcast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California weighs apology for Chinese immigrants</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/california-weighs-apology-for-chinese-immigrants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often asked, when discussing apologies, reparations, or other proposals for addressing the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow, whether or not such measures have been taken for other historical events.
In weighing how to respond to historic injustices, a problem for which we have no widely-accepted and time-tested solutions, it seems to help people to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Harkin introduces apology for slavery and racism</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/senator-harkin-introduces-apology-for-slavery-and-racism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has introduced a bipartisan resolution into the U.S. Senate apologizing for the nation&#8217;s history of slavery and racism.
The resolution, S. Con. Res. 26, would have the U.S. Congress acknowledge the nation&#8217;s long and brutal history of slavery and racial discrimination, and apologize &#8220;on behalf of the people of the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut apologizes for slavery</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/06/connecticut-apologizes-for-slavery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut has become the first state in New England to apologize for its role in centuries of slavery and racial discrimination.
Late last night, as the 2009 regular legislative session was about to end, the state Senate voted unanimously to approve the joint resolution of apology which was passed by the state&#8217;s House of Representatives two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When did the North give up slavery?</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/05/when-did-the-north-give-up-slavery/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/05/when-did-the-north-give-up-slavery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I wrote about the slavery apology passed by the Connecticut House of Representatives and, because it was a breaking story, had to settle for linking to the A.P. wire story on the site of the Hartford Courant.
This morning, the Courant has its own story about the vote, which begins:
More than 200 years after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut House votes to apologize for slavery</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/05/connecticut-house-votes-to-apologize-for-slavery/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/05/connecticut-house-votes-to-apologize-for-slavery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 02:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut House of Representatives voted unanimously today in favor of a resolution declaring &#8220;profound contrition&#8221; for the state legislature&#8217;s historic role in slavery and racial discrimination.
Connecticut would become the second northern state, after New Jersey, and the first state in New England, to apologize for its role in slavery and discrimination.
In the last two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut weighs apology for slavery</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/03/connecticut-weighs-apology-for-slavery/</link>
		<comments>http://living.jdewperry.com/2009/03/connecticut-weighs-apology-for-slavery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the State of Connecticut will begin debating an apology for its role in slavery and and racial discrimination.
The apology takes the form of a joint resolution of the Connecticut General Assembly. The proposed resolution, House Joint Resolution No. 1 (H.J.-1), is sponsored by Rep. Kenneth P. Green (D-Hartford) and co-sponsored by Sen. Edith [...]]]></description>
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