Tie vote stalls bill to protect Confederate monuments (LA)
APRIL 14, 2016 6:10 PM
BY MEGAN TRIMBLE
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A bill aimed at protecting Louisiana's Confederate monuments failed to draw enough support Thursday to advance in the state House, though it's unclear if that will end legislative debate on the divisive issue.
Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, said his proposal to preserve "public memory" would create a state board with the power to grant or deny proposals to remove monuments. The House municipal affairs committee stalled it in a 7-7 vote in a partisan vote, with Republicans supporting the measure and Democrats opposing it.
Carmody said he hasn't decided whether to continue pursuing the proposal. A similar measure by Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, was rejected by a Senate committee. The bills are aimed at protecting monuments to the Confederacy ...
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