Overview
- The Change Corruption Act, introduced by Sens. Jeff Merkley and Catherine Cortez Masto, would prohibit U.S. currency from bearing the likeness of a living or sitting president.
- Co-sponsors include Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Ron Wyden, according to the announcements reported Tuesday.
- The U.S. Mint has posted three proposed designs for a 250th anniversary $1 collector coin featuring Trump, with no final design selected.
- An earlier draft circulated by U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach showed Trump after the 2024 assassination attempt with the phrase “FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT” around the edge.
- Legal questions linger as Title 31 and the 1866 Thayer Amendment bar living individuals on currency, while a 2020 law restricts only the reverse of certain commemoratives, and the bill faces long odds in a GOP-controlled Congress.