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House votes to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol
AP
By Alex Rogers, CNN
The House passed a resolution Tuesday to expel Confederate statues from the US Capitol and replace its bust of Roger B. Taney, the chief justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision, with one honoring Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court justice.
The vote was 285 to 120. Sixty-seven Republicans voted with 218 Democrats in support of the bill.
The House passed a similar resolution last year on a bipartisan basis but it stalled after Republicans in the Senate argued that the states should decide which statues they’d like to display in the Capitol. The legislation has a better chance to pass now that Democrats hold the Senate majority.
Jun 29, 2021 | 4:53 PM
Daytona Beach, FL – 4th of July fireworks are all fun and games until you see the mess they leave when the sun comes up next morning. And it’s not just spent fireworks that make up the mess on Volusia County’s beaches after July 4, it’s food, plates, cups, cigarettes, broken beach chairs and worst of all, plastic bags, six-pack rings and straws. That’s why Volusia County’s environmental specialists are asking volunteers to join them in removing debris the morning of July 5. There will be two coordinated cleanups between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. at two New Smyrna Beach sites: Flagler Avenue Beachfront Park on Buenos Aires Street and Mary McLeod Bethune Beach Park on Atlantic Avenue. You can also pick your favorite spot on the beach as your zone to clean up if you wish. And you can even record the trash you pick up using the Clean Swell app and contribute to Ocean Conservancy research. And don’t forget that vags with trash should be placed inside an