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Senators Want to Trade Columbus Day for Juneteenth

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Senators Want to Trade Columbus Day for Juneteenth
A statue to the famed explorer Christopher Columbus stands in Columbus Circle in New York on June 25, 2020. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
7/2/2020|Updated: 7/2/2020

Two Republican senators want to trade the Columbus Day federal holiday for one on Juneteenth.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) recently introduced legislation that would make Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery, a federal holiday. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) said they don’t want an additional federal day off, citing concerns about the rising national debt.
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Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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