The measure failed by six votes. It would have made August 4th a legal holiday in Illinois

But cheer up, Obamabots: August 4th is also National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.

Cookie, anyone? 🙂

Via CNN.

Illinois lawmakers failed to pass a measure in the legislature that would have made former President Barack Obama’s birthday a statewide holiday, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The bill would have observed August 4 as a legal holiday in his home state, but the Chicago Tribune said the proposal was six votes short of passing, where it would have next moved to the Illinois Senate.

“The fourth day of August of each year shall be a legal holiday to be known as Barack Obama’s Birthday to be observed as a day on which to hold appropriate exercises in commemoration of our illustrious President. When August fourth shall fall on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be held and considered the holiday,” the text of the bill states….

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  1. Maynard says:

    Shifra, to be fair, they would have made Obama’s birthday a holiday, except there was some controversy as to what the actual day would be owing to lack of a valid birth certificate.

    But seriously, out of respect for Obamacare, Obama’s birthday should be declared a legal sick day.

  2. midget says:

    Not August 4th, instead April 1st.

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