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Font Size: The House of Representatives passed a bill establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday, doing so one day after the Senate and sending the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk. Juneteenth, already celebrated in the majority of states on June 19, commemorates the official end of slavery in Confederate states on that day in 1865. Though former President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, hundreds of thousands of slaves did not learn of their freedom until after the end of the Civil War. Slavery was formally eradicated with the ratification of the 13th Amendment in December of 1865.  The House version of the bill was sponsored by Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, and was co-sponsored by 166 members, two of whom are Republicans. It passed 415 to 14, with all the no votes coming from Republicans. It passed the Senate via unanimous consent late Tuesday.

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