Top House Democrats are pressing the Senate to vote on a bill to remove the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, the author of the Dred Scott v. Sanford ruling, from the Capitol. The House in June 2021 passed a bill 285-120 that would replace the bust of Taney with that of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and remove statues of individuals who served in the Confederacy. All opposition came from Republican lawmakers. The legislation, however, has not yet been brought up for a vote in the Senate, which House Democrats are now pushing for. In a letter on Friday, House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and other Democrats
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