U.S. Jewish groups commended the U.S. Senate for rejecting a bid to ban flag burning. A proposed constitutional amendment to allow Congress to consider banning the “physical desecration” of the U.S. flag failed by a single vote Tuesday to get the necessary two-thirds majority.
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