Congress Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Study Status of Black Males

Congress Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Study Status of Black Males
A lifetime of poor eating habits are leading to a rise in heart failure among younger U.S. adults, especially black men. Wade Austin Ellis/Unsplash
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Republicans and Democrats have not been able to come together to pass police reform legislation in response to nationwide protests after George Floyd’s death, but Monday the House followed the Senate to pass the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act.

The legislation sponsored by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) in the House and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in the Senate, passed in the House by a 368-1 vote and which now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature.

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