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Former President Barack Obama gave federal employees an extra day off but instead of Christmas Eve, December 26, 2014 was deemed a holiday. Former President George W. Bush also marked Dec. 24 as a ...
The White House announced on Thursday that Biden signed an executive order gifting federal employees the day off on Dec. 24, 2024. ... he gifted federal employees Christmas Eve off in 2018, 2019 ...
While this is a federal holiday, only federal employees in the Washington, DC area are entitled to a day off. Only Washington, DC observes this day besides the federal government. [10] February 15–21 (3rd Monday) Washington's Birthday: 52% [11] 34–35%: Washington's Birthday was first declared a federal holiday by an 1879 act of Congress.
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15
1870 (unpaid holiday for federal employees) 1938 (federal holiday) Celebrates the 1776 adoption of the Declaration of Independence, from British colonial rule. Parades, picnics, and cookouts are held during the day and fireworks are set off at night. On the day before this holiday, the stock market trading session ends three hours early.
The efforts in Congress to reach an agreement on keeping the government open had cast a cloud over the holidays for many federal workers facing the prospect of furloughs in the days before Christmas. But Congress passed a three-month spending bill early Saturday, just after the midnight deadline, and President Joe Biden signed it into law hours ...
Zuagar, who is president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2782, which represents federal workers at the census, has lived through unexpected shutdowns before — including right before the holidays. This time, it comes on the heels of promises from Trump and his allies that there will be sweeping cuts in the federal ...
Thanksgiving Day: Traditionally celebrates giving thanks for the autumn harvest, and customarily includes the consumption of a turkey dinner. December 25: Christmas Day: Celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which is traditionally observed on December 25. Secular aspects of this holiday include giving gifts and decorating a Christmas tree.