WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
regon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Nevada's U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto led seven Senate Democrats-including Senator Ron Wyden-in a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling on him to reject the proposed designs (https://www.usmint.gov/news/media-kit/semiq-dollar-coin?srsltid=AfmBOop9nbKayDAFWmaaBkeq2Kzi1pGE_8egGtwRYu8M21fmO65hzYB0) for the Semiquincentennial dollar coin featuring the likeness of President Donald Trump.
"American lawmakers throughout history have reaffirmed the time-honored tradition of not circulating U.S. currency with images of currently elected officials," wrote the Senators. "For centuries, minting sitting presidents on U....