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Lawmakers push federal move to strike slavery clause
US lawmakers unveil a joint resolution to amend the 13th Amendment to bar involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, aiming to end legalized slavery embedded in the Constitution. Parents include Sen. Jeff Merkley Rep. William Lacy Clay and co sponsors Sen. Bernie Sanders Ed Markey Chris Van Hollen. The proposal follows state moves to repeal similar language and cites decades of prison labor as a remnant of slavery.
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