House Votes to Remove Capitol’s Confederate Statues

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) joins fellow Democrats from the House and Senate to announce new legislation to end excessive use of force by police and make it easier to identify, track, and prosecute police misconduct at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 8, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Democrat-led House voted on Wednesday to require the removal of all confederate statues from the halls of the Capitol building.

The bipartisan vote of 305-113 saw 72 Republican and one Libertarian representatives joining Democrats to pass the bill.