Senate Democrats introduce bill to block Trump from putting face on dollar coin
- Senate Democrats introduced the Change Corruption Act to block coins featuring President Donald Trump's likeness.
- The bill aims to uphold U.S. laws that prevent the likeness of living presidents on currency.
- Merkley compared Trump's actions to those of autocrats, stating that Trump's actions are authoritarian and likening him to Kim Jong Un.
- Cortez Masto emphasized that America has never had and never will have a king, reinforcing the bill's purpose.
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Oregon senator introduces bill to block Trump from appearing on $1 coins
“President Trump’s self-celebrating maneuvers are authoritarian actions worthy of dictators like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, not the United States of America,” Merkley said in a statement.
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 [...]
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
Democratic senators move to block Trump $1 coins from Treasury Department mint
Democratic senators are introducing legislation that would block the Treasury Department from minting $1 coins with President Donald Trump's likeness on them.Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., are set to introduce the legislation on Tuesday, according to a report from Punchbowl News. Dubbed the Change Corruption Act, the bill would prohibit the federal government from minting currency that bears "the likeness of a li…
Headline UnavailableSenate 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.
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