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House votes to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol
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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.
June 29, 2021
If the bill passes the Senate, it will force the removal of ten Confederate statues currently on display at the U.S. Capitol.
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For the second straight year, House Democrats are pushing to remove confederate statues in the U.S. Capitol, along with the bust of Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who infamously wrote the 1857 ‘Dred Scott’ decision upholding slavery in the United States.
Most of the statues are still standing after the Republican-controlled Senate blocked the measure last year.
Then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-KY), said the move would be a “bridge too far” and an attempt to “airbrush” history.
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