A top Democrat said Wednesday the House will consider a bill that would develop a commission to study whether reparations should be provided to the descendants of slaves.

“I expect it will get a vote if it comes out of committee,” Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters Wednesday. “I expect it to come out of committee.”

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