House votes on statues of Confederates, racist chief justice

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is to vote soon on removing from the U.S. Capitol statues of Confederate heroes, including Robert E. Lee, and a bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the author of the 1857 Dred Scott decision that declared African Americans couldn’t be citizens. The vote expected Wednesday comes as communities nationwide reexamine the people memorialized with statues. The legislation in Congress would need to be approved by the House and the Senate and then signed by Pres