Congress Explodes Over Confederate Flag

"I'm glad we're taking the stand that we are. I think it's really important," said U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth "I believe that it's long overdue, and I believe it's time we finally move on."

Democrats escalated the issue into the afternoon by revisiting a resolution to ban the display of the Confederate rebel flag at the nation's Capital. The target of that legislation was likely the Mississippi state flag.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California successfully moved for that resolution to be sent to the House Administration Committee. Democrats howled in reaction – a rare tone for House decorum.

"It made people very upset and troubled," Veasey said, adding that the debate was striking in the context that, only hours before, the South Carolina legislature voted to take down the Confederate flag from its state Capitol grounds.