WASHINGTON — In a solemn show of bipartisan solidarity, congressional leaders praised the overdue Democratic Rep. John Lewis as an ethical power for the country on Monday in a Capitol Rotunda rite wealthy with symbolism and punctuated through the booming, recorded voice of the overdue civil rights icon. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to as Lewis the “conscience of the Congress” who was once “revered and beloved on both sides of the aisle, on both sides of the Capitol.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised the longtime Georgia congressman as a style of braveness and a “peacemaker.” “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,” McConnell, a Republican, stated, quoting the Rev. Martin Luther
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Caitlyn Jenner Honored With Arthur Ashe Courage Award At ESPYs (Video)
by Zack Cox on Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:26PM 1,101 Moments after Devon Still delivered a tremendously powerful speech at the 2015 ESPY Awards on Wednesday, Caitlyn Jenner followed with one of her own. Jenner, making her first public appearance since coming out as a transgender woman earlier this year, was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. U.S. women’s national soccer team captain Abby Wambach presented the award. In her acceptance speech, Jenner, who won the gold medal in the decathalon a...