Democrats push to ban Trump's plan to put himself on a new $1 coin [View all]
Source: The Independent
Tuesday 09 December 2025 11:15 EST
A group of Senate Democrats have put forward legislation that would prevent the government from minting coins featuring the likeness of President Donald Trump.
The bill, called the Change Corruption Act, was introduced by senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada Tuesday, Punchbowl News reported. Co-sponsors include lawmakers, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Ron Wyden of Oregon.
“No United States currency may feature the likeness of a living or sitting President,” the bill states.
Merkley compared Trump to global autocrats for his attempt to get his face on a coin. “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,” the Oregon senator told Punchbowl News.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/democrats-ban-trump-coin-congress-b2881005.html
Link to Sen. Merkley PRESS RELEASE - Merkley, Cortez Masto Lead New Bill to Block Donald Trump from Putting His Face on Dollar Coin
Link to BILL (PDF) - https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Change-Corruption-Act.pdf
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