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Illinois Mary Flowers resolution

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois House votes to endorse ‘abolition amendment,’ D.C. statehood

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – The Illinois House voted Wednesday to endorse a proposed U.S. constitutional amendment that would finally eliminate what some see as the last vestige of slavery in the United States – forced labor by people convicted of crimes and sentenced to prison. House Joint Resolution 7, by Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago) calls for passage of the proposed “abolition amendment,” which seeks to eliminate what’s known as the “punishment clause” of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery after the […]

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