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Lawmakers Push For National Cesar Chavez Holiday
Lawmakers Push For National Cesar Chavez ^
| March 31
| AP
Posted on 04/02/2008 7:23:56 PM PDT by Calpo
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Congressional Democrats are renewing their call for a federal holiday honoring the late farmworkers' rights activist Cesar Chavez.
Chavez was born March 31, 1927, and in 2000 California became the first state to create an official state holiday in his honor. Other states including Texas and Arizona also observe the day.
In Washington, D.C., members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and others have pushed for a federal holiday since Chavez's death in 1993.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cesar; chavez; cheaplabor; hispandering; holiday; immigration
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posted on
04/02/2008 7:23:56 PM PDT
by
Calpo
To: Calpo
I think it’s time we just have a “Whoever You Choose to Honor Day”.
susie
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posted on
04/02/2008 7:24:58 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: brytlea
Depends on who’s getting paid for it.
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posted on
04/02/2008 7:32:48 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(I heard it on the grapevine and saw it in the paper, so it must be true.)
To: Calpo
What day do the new chevys come out?
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posted on
04/02/2008 7:33:43 PM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
To: TribalPrincess2U
‘splain what you mean.
susie
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posted on
04/02/2008 7:37:33 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: brytlea
The Democrats in Congress.. .need I say more?
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posted on
04/02/2008 7:44:13 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(I heard it on the grapevine and saw it in the paper, so it must be true.)
To: TribalPrincess2U
I guess so, because I’m not exactly sure what you mean. Must be late.
susie
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posted on
04/02/2008 7:46:41 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: Calpo
“Other states including Texas and Arizona also observe the day.”
I don’t think that statement is true. I am a lifelong Texan, I run a business, and I have never heard of a Cesar Chavez holiday. It would fly in Kalifornia before it would fly in Texas.
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posted on
04/02/2008 8:05:24 PM PDT
by
Tex Pete
(Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
To: Calpo
Cesar Chavez was anti-illegal aliens. The Reconquista crowd is too ignorant to know they have adopted the wrong hero.
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posted on
04/02/2008 8:15:23 PM PDT
by
ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
(I want to "Buy American" but the only things for sale made in the USA are politicians)
To: Calpo
Heck. I look forward to the day I can celebrate Mexican indepence day.
10
posted on
04/02/2008 9:50:21 PM PDT
by
OeOeO
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