Cortez Masto, Merkley Introduce BILL to Block Trump FROM Putting HIS FACE on Dollar COIN

Washington, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced theChange Corruption Actto prevent any living or sitting U.S. President from being featured on any U.S. currency. This legislation follows aletterthe Senators sent to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling on him to reject the proposed designs for the Semiquincentennial dollar coin featuring the likeness of President Trump.
“While monarchs put their faces on coins, America has never had and never will have a king,”said Senator Cortez Masto.“Our legislation would codify this country’s long-standing tradition of not putting living Presidents on American coins. Congress must pass it without delay.”
“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,”saidSenator Merkley.“We must reject his efforts to dismantle our ‘We, The People’ republic and replace it with a strongman state by demanding strong accountability to prevent further abuse of taxpayer dollars. As we look ahead to America’s 250th birthday, I’ll keep fighting back against Trump’s corruption and partisan propaganda.”
TheChange Corruption Actis particularly important as the U.S. Mint is considering featuring President Trump on an upcoming one-dollar coin in celebration of the Semiquincentennial, America’s 250th birthday.Public reportinganddraft designssuggest the U.S. Mint is considering a dollar coin featuring Trump, despite the historical precedent against featuring a living or sitting American President on a circulating coin. A final decision on the design could come as soon as tomorrow.
Read the billhere.Additional co-sponsors include Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
Senator Cortez Masto has continually pushed to end public corruption, includingsupportinglegislation that would prevent lawmakers from trading stocks andlegislationto crack down on cryptocurrency-related corruption by elected officials at the highest levels of the federal government. Cortez Masto has long championedactions to crack downon dark money in politics. She has cosponsoredlegislationto require organizations spending money in federal elections to disclose their donors and help guard against hidden foreign influence in our democracy.
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