The House on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of making Juneteenth a national federal holiday with a 415-14 tally, and Democrats are hopeful President Joe Biden will sign the measure into law by Saturday.

The June 19th holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States is already celebrated as a state or ceremonial holiday in 47 states and the District of Columbia. When signed into law, it will become the country’s 11th federal holiday.

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The bill had strong bipartisan backing in both the House and the Senate, but one of the “no” votes, Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., said he’d call “an ace an ace. This is an effort by the Left to create a day out of whole cloth to celebrate identity politics as part of its larger efforts to make Critical Race Theory the reigning ideology of our country.”

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All 14 of the no votes were Republicans, included Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs of Arizona, Mo Brooks and Mike Rogers of Alabama, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Tom McClintock and Doug LaMalfa of California, Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin and two Texas congressmen, Ronny Jackson and Chip Roy.

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The Senate passed the measure by unanimous consent on Tuesday night. {snip}

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