House scraps spending bill debate over Confederate flag fight

The House suspended consideration of a fiscal 2016 spending bill to fund the Department of Interior until lawmakers meet to discuss the fate of Confederate flag displays on federal land.

“I want members on both side of the aisle to sit down and have a conversation to address what has become a very thorny issue,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced Thursday. “That bill is going to sit in abeyance until we come to some resolution on this.”