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S. 1989, The Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2007 (1 comment ↓)

S. 1989 would provide a mechanism for the determination on the merits of the claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relating to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture but who were denied that determination.

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The Spirit of Truth

This bill is a start, but the problem with the gross misconduct cited in the original action is still being carried out today. Away from Washington, some of the State Offices of the FSA are carrying out the same deceitful tactics that would make Jim and Jane Crow blush.

It is clear that the USDA can't police itself from these horrible crimes against humanity and some of the good ol' boys in the judicial system in the south have no regard for the law and have on more than one occasion have defied federal law to keep this USDA out of the hotwater.
I didn't know "forty acres and a mule was so hard to come by".

The next farm bill should have a special congressional committee to hear each case on it's own merit. That panel should be represented fairly by black congressmen.

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