South Carolina Senate committee kills bill on Confederate Memorial History Month

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A Senate committee has killed a bill to designate May as Confederate Memorial History Month.

Anderson Republican Kevin Bryant had sponsored the bill, which he called a simple way to"memorialize the dead from the War Between the States."

Several black senators argued against the bill, threatening to attach amendments requiring the state to apologize for slavery -- or putting the Confederate flag back on top of the Statehouse.

The committee voted 14-to-7 to adjourn debate on the bill, with an understanding it wouldn't come up again during this session.

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