Lankford proposes replacing Columbus Day with Juneteenth …
Sen. James Lankford and a fellow Republican senator filed an amendment to a piece of legislation that would replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a new federal holiday.”Juneteenth is a day in our history that redefined the meaning of freedom and equality in America,” Lankford said in a news release.

Lankford proposes replacing Columbus Day with Juneteenth …
U.S. Sen. James Lankford is cosponsoring an amendment that would replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a federal holiday. “Throughout our history, we have strived to become a more perfect …

GOP senators debate replacing Columbus Day with Juneteenth …
Johnson estimates a single federal holiday costs the government about $600 million in paid time off for federal employees. Lankford in a statement said that while Juneteenth deserves to be …

GOP senators propose replacing Columbus Day with …
Republican Sens. Ron Johnson and James Lankford on Wednesday introduced an amendment proposing to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a new federal holiday to avoid putting the U.S. “further …

GOP Senators Lobby to Replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth …
Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and James Lankford (R-OK) backed a proposal on Wednesday to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has sponsored a bipartisan bill that would make Juneteenth, a day that celebrates the end of slavery, a federal holiday.

Sen. Ron Johnson proposes making Juneteenth federal …
In response to calls for designating Juneteenth a federal holiday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, proposed Wednesday eliminating Columbus Day in exchange for the annual commemoration of the …

Lankford proposes to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth
Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford is cosponsoring an amendment that would replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth, though the sponsors said it should not be a paid federal holiday that costs money and affects businesses. “Throughout our history, we have strived to become a more perfect union and Juneteenth was a huge step in attaining that goal,” Lankford, a Republican, said.

GOP Senators Propose Scrapping Columbus Day, Adding …
Republican senators Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) and James Lankford (R., Okla.) introduced an amendment Wednesday that would replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a federal holiday. The proposal …

Ron Johnson proposes scrapping Columbus Day for Juneteenth …
Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and another Republican senator on Wednesday proposed scrapping Columbus Day as a federal holiday and replacing it with Juneteenth. The proposal, which Johnson made with U.S. Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, comes after the introduction of a Senate bill last week that …

Ron Johnson proposes scrapping Columbus Day for Juneteenth …
Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and another Republican senator on Wednesday proposed scrapping Columbus Day as a federal holiday and replacing it with Juneteenth. The proposal, which Johnson made …