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An amendment was introduced in Congress last week that would eliminate the so-called "slavery loophole" in the U.S. Constitution. An “Abolition Amendment” was introduced in Congress last week that would eliminate the so-called slavery loophole in the U.S. Constitution. Ratified in 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, “except as punishment for crime.” That exception is what three Democratic members of Congress – Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon – are seeking to eliminate with their new amendment. In a statement to ABC News, Booker said, the exception “has allowed our government to exploit individuals who are incarcerated and to profit from their forced labor.” The United States incarcerates more of its population than any other country, including a disproportionate number of Black Americans. Rep. Nikema Williams spoke to ABC News’ Kanya Whitworth about the amen...

President Joe Biden will address the nation Friday evening from the Oval Office on the budget deal that lifts the federal debt limit and averts a U.S. government default WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden planned to praise the contentious, just-passed budget deal in a speech to the nation Friday evening , ready to sign the agreement averting the country's first-ever government default , which would have sent shock waves through the U.S. and global economies. The measure was approved late Thursday night after passing the House in yet another late session the night before. Biden is expected to sign it at the White House on Saturday. After days of default threats, the debt limit-budget agreement was worked out by Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, giving Republicans some of their spending-cut demands but holding the line on major Democratic priorities. “No one got everything they wanted but the American people got what they needed,” Biden was to say, according to excerpts release...