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Senate OKs replacing confederate general's statue (FL / DC)
A bill to replace a statue of a Confederate army general as one of Florida’s two entries in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall was passed by the Florida Senate Thursday.The Senate skipped debate and OK’d the bill (SB 310) by a vote of 33-7.
That move, however, puts the two chambers at odds: A House version (HB 141) would replace both statues, that of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith and one of scientist/inventor John Gorrie of Apalachicola, a pivotal figure in the invention of air conditioning. Each state has two statues on display in the Capitol.
The House bill is heading to the floor after clearing all its committees in the 2016 Legislative Session ...
http://floridapolitics.com/archives/201461-senate-approves-confederate-statue-replacement
