Shameless GOP wants to rename Pentagon after Reagan

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Republicans Mull New Honors for Reagan



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon would be renamed after Ronald Reagan and his image placed on some American currency under proposals by congressional Republicans to honor one of their party's most popular former presidents.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, offered amendments on Monday to a defense bill to rename the Pentagon as well as the U.S. Missile Defense Agency after the former president.

On another front, Rep. Jeff Miller, a Florida Republican, introduced legislation on Tuesday to have Reagan bump former Democratic President John F. Kennedy off the 50-cent piece.
Reagan would replace another Democrat, former President Andrew Jackson, on the $20 bill under a proposal by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican.
Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, suggested Reagan appear on the $10 bill, now graced with a likeness of Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first U.S. treasury secretary.

"What's next -- putting Ronald Reagan on Mount Rushmore?" scoffed a senior Democratic congressional aide.