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20 Nov 2010 11:07

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U.S.: Screwed-over minorities finally unscrewed by legislative process

  • $3.4
    billion
    the amount headed to Native Americans over land trust royalty mismanagement by the government
  • $1.15
    billion
    the amount headed to black farmers unfairly refused loans by the Agriculture DepartmentĀ source
  • Ā» The worst part about the mess: The cases dragged on for much longer than they should have partly because the Senate could not get a majority vote on funding either of these settlements over a number of years. They passed the bill Friday. The House has to pass this still, but they’ve already done that twice, so it should be less of an issue.