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Chaka Fattah: “``But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2015
``But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.''
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Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania
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Jan 9, 2015

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