House Passes Bill Seeking to Remove Confederate Statues From Capitol
June 30, 2021 | District of Columbia
The Democrat-led House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass a bill seeking to remove confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol.
The vote was 285–120 in favor of the bill, H.R. 3005, with all votes against it coming from Republicans.
The proposed legislation seeks to remove statues of those who supported the Confederate army in the U.S. Civil War. It also seeks to replace a bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, who authored a key decision in 1857 supporting slavery, with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court justice….
(Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
