Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and James Lankford (R-OK) have moved to swap Columbus Day, one of ten federal holidays, for Juneteenth as part of a compromise in the ongoing legislation to federally recognize the holiday.
“We support celebrating emancipation with a federal holiday, but believe we should eliminate a current holiday in exchange,” said Johnson, whose office has reportedly placed the economic cost of paying federal employees for an additional holiday at $600 million per year.
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