US EditionSenate Democrats introduce bill to block Trump from putting face on dollar coin
The Change Corruption Act would codify laws prohibiting living presidents on U.S. currency, responding to draft $1 coin designs featuring Trump's likeness ahead of the 250th anniversary.
- On Tuesday, Senators Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., introduced the Change Corruption Act to bar any U.S. currency from bearing the likeness of a living or sitting president, targeting a proposed $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump.
- Legal precedent underpins the effort, specifically the Contraction Act of 1866 and Title 31 of the U.S. Code, which limit currency portraits to deceased individuals, while the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 restricts living portraits on coin reverses.
- The U.S. Mint posted three head designs last week, two with Trump headshots and inscriptions LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, 1776 ~ 2026, while an earlier draft by U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach showed Trump with a raised fist and the phrase 'FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT'.
- Facing a fast timeline, sponsors note seven Democratic senators urged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to reject designs, but the bill faces slim chances without Senate Majority Leader John Thune's approval.
- Collectors and the U.S. Mint's commemorative program may see strong demand next year as the U.S. Treasury mints $1 coins for the semiquincentennial, recalling the 1926 Calvin Coolidge half-dollar exception and past sales nearing 15.5 million.
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Democrats look to block $1 Trump coin
President Donald Trump's administration announced in October that to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the president's face would appear on a one-dollar coin. Now Democrats are moving to block it. “No fake news here,” U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach post on X. “These first drafts honoring America’s 250th Birthday and @POTUS are real. Looking forward to sharing more soon, once the obstructionist shut…
Senate Democrats introduce bill to block Trump from putting face on dollar coin
Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced legislation Tuesday to prevent President Trump or any sitting or living former president from being featured on U.S. currency, a bill that would thwart the U.S. Treasury’s plan to issue a commemorative $1 coin with Trump’s image on it. The bill, titled the Change Corruption [...]
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The Independent (US)Democrats push to ban Trump’s plan to put himself on a new $1 coin
“Trump’s self-celebrating maneuvers are authoritarian actions worthy of dictators like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, not the United States of America,” one Senate Democrat said
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