The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 23, 2020 House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues at U.S. Capitol --------------------------------------------------------- The House approved a bill to remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol. Seventy-two Republicans joined Democrats to approve the measure. .