Rosendale votes against holiday marking end of slavery
This Sept. 14, 2020, file photo shows Matt Rosendale, then Montana's state auditor and a candidate for the U.S. House, addressing a crowd during a Republican campaign rally in Belgrade. Rosendale, now a congressman, has voted not to make Juneteenth a federal holiday recognizing the end of chattel slavery in the United States. (Tommy Martino/Associated Press)
Montana's lone Congressman Matt Rosendale was one of only six members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted this week against both the legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday and a proposal to award Congressional Gold Medals to fallen U...
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