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House Votes to Purge Confederate Statues From the Capitol The bill would direct congressional officials to remove statues of Confederate leaders from public view in the Capitol, the latest bid to do away with prominent symbols of racism. The legislation calls for the removal of, among others, the likeness of former Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who delivered the landmark Dred Scott v. Sandford decision denying the rights of citizenship to people of African descent.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times June 29, 2021Updated 8:13 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — The House voted on Tuesday to re...

No. 3 House Democrat Steps Into Ohio Race to Head Off a Sanders Acolyte The decision by Representative James Clyburn to oppose an outspoken ally of Senator Bernie Sanders in a special election in Cleveland highlights the generational and ideological gulf in the Democratic Party. Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, the No. 3 House Democrat, during a news conference this month. His endorsement is a rare intervention into a party primary race.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times June 29, 2021Updated 5:24 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — Early last year, as Bernie Sanders was sur...

WASHINGTON — Top House Republicans urged their colleagues on Tuesday to oppose bipartisan legislation creating an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, positioning their conference against a full accounting of the deadly riot by a pro-Trump mob. Representative Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California and the minority leader, announced his opposition in a lengthy statement on Tuesday morning, and his leadership team...

Live Updates: Republicans Push Party Members to Vote Against Capitol Riot Commission The House will vote Wednesday evening on a bill to create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack, and Republican leaders including Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative Kevin McCarthy are urging members to vote no. President Biden delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s graduation. Here’s what you need to know: Representative Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California and the minority leader, at the Capitol on Tuesday. He opposes the independent commission.Credit......

House Democrats Defeat G.O.P. Attempt to Censure Maxine Waters Republicans sought to use the Black congresswoman’s comments to racial justice protesters as a political weapon, claiming she had incited violence and daring Democrats to stand by her. They did. Representative Maxine Waters on Saturday in Brooklyn Center, Minn., where she rallied with demonstrators protesting the death of Daunte Wright.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times April 20, 2021, 7:05 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — Democrats on Tuesday defeated an effort by Representative Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, to c...