Posted on 07/08/2015 5:18:17 AM PDT by GIdget2004
After just two minutes of floor debate late Tuesday evening, the House passed a measure to prohibit the display of Confederate flags on graves in federal cemeteries.
Despite the lack of fanfare, the vote marked the House's first entry into the debate over removing the Confederate flag from federal property that went beyond codifying already established policies.
Rep. Jared Huffman's (D-Calif.) amendment to the 2016 Interior Department spending bill seeks to end a policy that allows a temporary display of the flag in cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service. It sailed through on a voice vote after minimal discussion on the House floor that encountered no opposition.
National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis issued a directive in 2010 that allows national cemeteries which commemorate a designated Confederate Memorial Day to decorate the graves of Civil War veterans with small Confederate flags. The directive states that decorative flags must be removed "as soon as possible" once the Confederate Memorial Day is over.
"We can honor that history without celebrating the Confederate flag and all of the dreadful things that it symbolizes," Huffman said.
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The most important issue of our time.
Disgusting....
Sailed through as an Interior Department bill on a voice vote with no opposition. My congressman is gonna catch some hell for this.
What flag are they going to raise over the mass grave pf the fallen Confederate soldiers at Shiloh?
Oh wait. I know.
Yes. Disgusting that there was only two minutes of debate. I guess there are none in the House that believe in free speech and freedom of expression.
Probably the LGBT Fag Flag.
I don’t think the roll call vote on this has been posted yet. It probably happened too late. Will be interesting to see how the votes look.
All to distract from the regime and Hitlerys scandals as she runs for Supreme ruler.
Friggin’ Orwellian.
I think that was the whole point of the voice vote. They are NOT recorded. The article says “House Passed....” There won’t be a roll call then if I read it right.
You cowards!
Too bad these brave dead souls can ‘t fight back!
The rainbow flag.
Great minds think alike. See post 7.
So was there a vast outcry from the people to do this?
If there is, I haven’t heard it.
OK now this is getting flat, freakin’ ridiculous. It’s one thing for the government to take down the Confederate flag, but banning family members for decorating relative’s graves?
...Friggin’ Orwellian...
Absolutely
“Those who control the present control the past.
Those who control the past control the future.”
George Orwell
...two minutes of debate...
I think this issue will be revisited once more people get wind of this.
All this chaos about PC remarks form candidates.
It's all infotainment, to keep you distracted.
The only question, the one few are asking, should be: What Are We Being Distracted From?
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