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Summary Box: House Passes Flag-Burn Ban

FLAG AMENDMENT: The House passed a proposed constitutional amendment to ban desecration the American flag, but it may be a hard sell in the Senate.
/ Source: The Associated Press

FLAG AMENDMENT: The House passed a proposed constitutional amendment to ban desecration the American flag, but it may be a hard sell in the Senate.

WHAT IT SAYS: "The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States."

WHY: Supporters hope to overturn a 1989 Supreme Court decision saying flag burning was a right of free speech.