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.
2021-06-30 03:06:09 GMT2021-06-30 11:06:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WASHINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua) The U.S. House on Tuesday passed a legislation which will remove statues in the Capitol Hill that pay tribute to historical figures with legacies of defending slavery, including those who served the Confederacy.
A total of 67 Republicans joined with all Democrats in support, while 120 voted against it. The final vote was 285-120. We ought not to forget history. We must learn from history. But we ought not to honor that which defiled the principles for which we think we stand, said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland, the bill s leading sponsor.
1 2021-06-30 10:44:13Xinhua
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The U.S. House on Tuesday passed a legislation which will remove statues in the Capitol Hill that pay tribute to historical figures with legacies of defending slavery, including those who served the Confederacy.
A total of 67 Republicans joined with all Democrats in support, while 120 voted against it. The final vote was 285-120. We ought not to forget history. We must learn from history. But we ought not to honor that which defiled the principles for which we think we stand, said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland, the bill s leading sponsor.