Today: The House is expected to debate (a vote for now is TBD) on the Juneteenth Nat'l Independence Day Act. It passed in the Senate yesterday & would make June 19, a day heralding the emancipation of slaves in Texas (and more than what can be fit in a tweet), a federal holiday.
.@RepAlGreen, D-TX, today: What began as a grassroots movement to commemorate Texas history is now set to become our nation’s 12th federal holiday. In honor of the late Al Edwards – the father of the Juneteenth holiday in Texas – and every person illegally enslaved in Texas...
Green continued: "...during the period between Lincoln’s proclamation and [Gordon] Granger’s announcement of emancipation [in 1865], I eagerly anticipate the opportunity to vote for this legislation on the House floor.”
Juneteenth is already observed as a holiday in nearly every state and in Washington, D.C.
(48 states as of June 7)
(48 states as of June 7)
House Rules Cmte convenes at 12:15PM ET to mark the bill up, readying it to hit the House floor. Stream here:
More later for @CourthouseNews
@CourthouseNews The House is expected to vote on the Juneteenth federal holiday bill around 3PM ET today. Time subject to change but it's shaping up and it is expected to pass.
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The Congressional Budget Office has not yet put an estimate on the Juneteenth bill for those who were curious; and its official effective date is TBD.
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