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Johnson denies request for Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in Capitol
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Johnson denies request for Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in Capitol

The Hill · Feb 20, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) denied a request to have the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson lie in honor in the Capitol, a source confirmed to The Hill. After the civil rights leader died this week at age 84, Jackson’s family requested that he lie in honor in the Capitol, another source said. CNN was first to report Johnson’s...

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