BREAKING NEWS
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| South Carolina Senate Votes to Remove Confederate Flag |
Monday, July 6, 2015 4:25 PM EDT
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| The South Carolina Senate voted Monday to remove the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the State House. The bipartisan proposal, which emerged after last month’s massacre at a historic black church in Charleston, was approved by a 37-to-3 vote in the Republican-controlled Senate. |
| The Senate has one remaining ratification vote, now virtually assured of success. |
| The debate will shift to the House of Representatives, which Republicans also dominate, where the timeline for — and tenor of — the debate remains less clear. |
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