Here Are The 3 Current Members of Congress Who Voted Against Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

[Jarlaxle]

So only Gov't employees get the day off. Smfh. Are you Jesse Lee Peterson's niece? Tell me Struth are you working tomorrow?

Most people are.

Back then the idea was to attach MLK to Presidents Day to avoid another paid day off for government employees. I agree with this.

I say eliminate them both. Along with Columbus Day.

 

[Harry Dresden]

That's a fair point. I personally don't believe President's day should be a paid holiday either for government workers.

So...is your reading comprehension THAT bad?

so whats a bogus govt holiday?....and how many do you take off?...

 

[whitehall]

Hardly a current event but it should be noted that lefties are so desperate to deflect attention about real current events like the Biden administration falling apart that they bring up a twenty year old republican vote.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

So?
That doesn't make him a racist parrot.
Reagan showed reluctance for a national holiday because he felt MLK day was being pushed for political reasons.
He would not hesitate to sign it if it passed. He was reluctant about it, because he saw it as political gamesmanship. Which he was OBVIOUSLY correct. Since many of the Democrats voting for it, were against Civil Rights. HELLO

Which Democrats was that?

 

[struth]

Which Democrats was that?

all the dems were against civil rights. racist demklan

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Most people are.



I say eliminate them both. Along with Columbus Day.

Why not eliminate Labor Day or the 4th of July.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

all the dems were against civil rights. racist demklan

Southern Republicans were against it as well. Northern Democrats voted for Civil Rights, so no all Democrats were not against Civil Rights.

 

[struth]

Southern Republicans were against it as well. Northern Democrats voted for Civil Rights, so no all Democrats were not against Civil Rights.

dems opposed it….well until kennedy and then y’all killed him

 

[Superbadbrutha]

dems opposed it….well until kennedy and then y’all killed him

Southern Dems/Repubs opposed it. Wait wasn't Kennedy a Democrat, which means you opposed him.

 

[struth]

Southern Dems/Repubs opposed it. Wait wasn't Kennedy a Democrat, which means you opposed him.

yep and the demklan killed him for his Conservative fews

 

[Superbadbrutha]

yep and the demklan killed him for his Conservative fews

You mean like not wanting to get involved in the Civil Rights Movement, those conservative views.

 

[mudwhistle]

I want to know why in the hell there is no MLK Day candy...

Just put on a mask...walk into a Walmart and grab as much candy as you can carry....then hit the door.
Whallah....you're celebrating MLK Day.

 

[Jarlaxle]

so whats a bogus govt holiday?....and how many do you take off?...

President's Day, MLK Day, Columbus Day, Evacuation Day, Bunker Hill Day, Patriots Day. I usually work all of them; when I worked days, I took Patriots Day as a personal day because road closures due to the Boston Marathon meant I could not actually do my job.

 

[sparky]

Why is it racist to think Federal workers do not need another taxpayer funded holiday in perpetuity?

Tell me Struth are you working tomorrow?

only govt employees get the day off. Every day working class americans will be at work

the post office, state & fed offices & banks close

the rest of us will be working

this is the exact sort of classism (note i did not say racism) MLK was all about just before his untimely departure from this rock

~S~

 

[struth]

You mean like not wanting to get involved in the Civil Rights Movement, those conservative views.

Conservatives were the civil rights movement

demaklan opposed it, heck they opposed the 13th amendment

 

[Harry Dresden]

President's Day, MLK Day, Columbus Day, Evacuation Day, Bunker Hill Day, Patriots Day. I usually work all of them; when I worked days, I took Patriots Day as a personal day because road closures due to the Boston Marathon meant I could not actually do my job.

i worked for the govt and we never got these 3 off....Evacuation Day, Bunker Hill Day, Patriots Day.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Conservatives were the civil rights movement

demaklan opposed it, heck they opposed the 13th amendment

You're a fool, conservatives were the Dixiecrats, Klan, etc. What year was the 13th Amendment written?

 

[Cellblock2429]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is lauded near-universally by politicians every year, but there are still three members serving in the U.S. Congress who voted against the King holiday — 2 at the federal level and 1 as a state legislator.

Then-President Ronald Reagan reluctantly signed the federal Martin Luther King holiday into law in November of 1983 after the U.S. Senate passed the bill by a 78-22 margin, while the House of Representatives had voted in favor of it by a margin of 338-90. That’s over 78 percent of those who voted, well above the two-thirds needed to override a veto.

The current members of Congress who joined Sen. Jesse Helms in voting against the holiday are all Republicans, although one was a Democrat at the time and later switched parties. They are: Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY).

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) is the only other member to have voted against a King holiday, in 1999 and 2004, but at the state level.

As tempting as it is to view these votes as relics of a past that America has evolved well past, and could never happen these days, a new poll sheds some doubt on that proposition. The latest The Economist/YouGov poll shows that even fewer Republican voters support the King holiday today than did in 1983.

Asked “Do you think that Martin Luther King’s birthday should be a Federal Holiday?”, only 39 percent of Republicans said “yes,” MLK Day should be a federal holiday, with the remaining 61 percent either against it (36%) or not sure (23%).

Overall, 55 percent of respondents said “yes,” Martin Luther King’s birthday should be a Federal Holiday, with 24 percent responding “no” and another 21 percent saying they were “not sure.”

That’s less Republican support than an October, 1983 poll that found 48 percent of Republicans at the time favored establishing the law. Forty-two percent of Republicans were opposed, while 10 percent were “not sure.”

MSN

I wonder how many folks who think Dr. King's birthday shouldn't be a national holiday actually work on that Monday instead of taking it off.

/——-/ Oh that’s nothing. Dems got us beat by a mile. In 1964, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Democrats held the longest filibuster in our nations history, 75 days. All trying to prevent the passing of one thing. The Civil Rights Act."

 

[sparky]

/——-/ Oh that’s nothing. Dems got us beat by a mile. In 1964, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Democrats held the longest filibuster in our nations history, 75 days. All trying to prevent the passing of one thing. The Civil Rights Act."

worth a peek Cellblock>>>>

Fact check: Southern Dems held up 1964 Civil Rights Act, set filibuster record at 60 days

The 1964 Civil Rights Act passed only after Southern legislators launched a filibuster against it to try to prevent its passage. It lasted 60 days.

www.usatoday.com

~S~

 

[Superbadbrutha]

/——-/ Oh that’s nothing. Dems got us beat by a mile. In 1964, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Democrats held the longest filibuster in our nations history, 75 days. All trying to prevent the passing of one thing. The Civil Rights Act."

“Southern senators launched a filibuster against the bill,”