Posted on 06/17/2021 9:02:07 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
In a resounding bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday making Juneteenth, the day commemorating the official end of slavery in the United States, a federal holiday.
The final vote on the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was 415-14, and the bill now heads to President Biden’s desk for signature into law.
“We cannot change the future if we do not recognize the past,” Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus said on the House Floor ahead of the vote.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., said passage of the holiday was “long overdue.”
“This comes at an important time, Madam Chair. Across the country we are seeing efforts to eliminate the teaching of our country's history, like the injustices of slavery, from being taught in our own schools,” Tlaib said in reference to objections to teaching critical race theory. “This national holiday will serve a powerful reminder that we cannot run from our past.”
On Tuesday, the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent after Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., dropped his objections to the legislation.
“While it still seems strange that having taxpayers provide federal employees paid time off is now required to celebrate the end of slavery, it is clear that there is no appetite in Congress to further discuss the matter,” Johnson said.
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Let’s get rid of Martin Luther Day. How many MONEY FOR NO WORK do Federal Employees get??
Finally!
A federal holiday to recognize the efforts of Republicans to free Democrat held slaves.
After all, why have TWO independence days...
Happy 4th of Juneteenth everyone.
GOP cowards.
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Yep. It’s what they are. Well, that and liars too.
It’s a fake party.
Why is Juneteenth a holiday in northern states? Slavery was still legally practiced in the “union” states after the emancipation proclamation and after the end of the civil war.
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation
Message to me from a friend:
The purpose of this bill has nothing to do with acknowledging an end to slavery in the USA.
It is a purely Orwellian strategy to diminish the meaningfulness of all the other Federal holidays.
I’M ALL FOR THIS.
NOW BLM, THE NAACP, SHARPTON, JACKSON, FARRAKHAN, AND ASSORTED OTHER BLACK RACISTS WILL RECOGNIZE AND BE GRATEFUL TO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WHITE AMERICANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO END SLAVERY IN AMERICA AND SET THEM FREE.
BUT, I AIN’T GONNA HOLD MY BREATH.
Some Republicans objected to the title of the bill, saying that it was improper given the July 4 holiday commemorating the passage of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 by the Continental Congress.
“I don’t believe the title ‘National Independence Day’ works,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said when the House debated the measure, citing that reason for his vote.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to celebrate the 13-15 amendments (pick one date they have three to choose from !), rather a local Houston, Texas celebration?
Rep. Matt Rosedale, R-Mont., also voted against passage of the bill.
“Let’s call an ace and ace,” Rosedale said .
“This is an effort by the Left to create a day out of whole cloth to celebrate identity politics as part of its large effort to make Critical Race Theory the reigning ideology of our country.”
This will make 11.
DID YOU SAY “SENSE”?
I know...I forgot myself.....sense has nothing to do with it!
Eventually they will do away with one of them.
Guess which one it will be...
“SENSE” LEFT AMERICAN CULTURAL LIFE WHEN “THE GREAT SOCIETY” ENTERED. BEFORE “THE GREAT SOCIETY” THERE WAS STILL A PRETENSE. NOW WE ARE DEAD CENTER IN THE REALM OF INSANITY.
UNBELIEVABLE!
You can use lower caps in your sentences.
I CAN’T. I’M GOING BLIND, AND I NEED THE CAPS TO SEE AND CORRECT MY NUMEROUS TYPOS, I’VE EXPLAINED THE REASON MANY TIMES BEFORE. I’M NOT “SHOUTING”. BEAR WITH ME PLEASE/
“Celebrating the day the US federal government freed the Democrats’ slaves.”
This is the day, purportedly, when the last of the slaves of the defeated CSA were freed.
The USA clung to slavery six months longer, not because they had a moral affinity for slavery, but because it was in the blue state culture’s political and economic best self interest.
“I shall now sign the....the-th....yyyy’know the thing....”
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