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Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn sponsor bill to put Bush 41 and wife Barbara on coin
ABC13 ^ | February 17, 2019

Posted on 02/20/2019 11:28:39 AM PST by SMGFan

Lawmakers want to honor the memory of President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara by putting their faces on a coin.

Senator Susan Collins of Maine introduced a bill authorizing the U.S. Treasury to mint one dollar coins featuring the former president and first lady.

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TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: barbara; barbarabush; bush41; george; georgewbush; ghwb; gwb; herbertwalker; johncornyn; laura; laurabush; maine; nevertrump; nevertrumpers; newworldorder; presidentbush; susancollins; tedcruz; texas
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To: Vaquero
ROTFL!

Another coin could have shown Vince Foster with a pistol positioned beside him in a way that never could have happened if he had,in fact,shot himself.

61 posted on 02/20/2019 12:16:58 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: SMGFan

Don’t the Senators from Texas have more important things to do than this?
Voters to Senators: “Do the job we pay you to do or we will find someone who will”


62 posted on 02/20/2019 12:17:21 PM PST by Zathras
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The program’s end

The act specifies that for a former president to be honored, they must have been
deceased for at least two years before issue.[26][27] Hence, former presidents
Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush (now deceased), Bill Clinton, George W. Bush,
Barack Obama, and current President Donald Trump were ineligible to have a
dollar coin issued in their honor. The series ended in 2016, after honoring Ronald
Reagan, the last President who was eligible.

Since the program has terminated, producing coins for those presidents not yet
honored would require another Act of Congress.[28]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_$1_Coin_Program


63 posted on 02/20/2019 12:22:40 PM PST by deport
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To: TexasGator

Copper with manganese brass cladding:
88.5% Cu
6% Zn
3.5% Mn
2% Ni

So without intrinsic value


64 posted on 02/20/2019 12:25:36 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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Stockpile and suspension of production

By 2011, 1.4 billion uncirculated $1 coins were stockpiled,[21] which, if stacked flat,
could reach from Los Angeles to Chicago. By 2016, this number might have reached two billion.[22]

Rep. Jackie Speier of California circulated a “Dear Colleague” letter recommending
that the U.S. not produce any dollar coins. She was planning to introduce legislation
calling for the immediate halting of all dollar coin programs.[23]

The United States Government Accountability Office has stated that discontinuing the
dollar bill in favor of the dollar coin would save the U.S. government about $5.5
billion over 30 years.[24]

On December 13, 2011, Vice President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
announced that the minting of Presidential $1 coins for circulation would be
suspended.[21] Future entries in the program, beginning with those of Chester A. Arthur,
would be issued in reduced quantities, only for collectors.[25]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_$1_Coin_Program


65 posted on 02/20/2019 12:29:41 PM PST by deport
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To: Vaquero

There is a reason you don’t see junk copper lying around.


66 posted on 02/20/2019 12:29:44 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Leaning Right

Exactly.


67 posted on 02/20/2019 12:30:36 PM PST by Henry Cavendish
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To: SMGFan

Not just No, but Hell No. Next it will be Obama.


69 posted on 02/20/2019 12:31:55 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: antidemoncrat
You mean like this?

Sorry, I think this one is more apropos:


70 posted on 02/20/2019 12:37:11 PM PST by C210N (You can vote your way into Socialism; but, you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: SMGFan

great idea!

and replace “In God We Trust” with “New World Order” while you’re at it.


71 posted on 02/20/2019 12:37:51 PM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: SMGFan

Cruz has nothing better to do? Or Collins for that matter?


72 posted on 02/20/2019 12:38:19 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: SMGFan

73 posted on 02/20/2019 12:39:16 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SMGFan

I always was wary of Cruz’s links to the Bush’s... now this proves my fears.

Tell me Ted, why should I admire this “New World Order” SoB?


74 posted on 02/20/2019 12:40:28 PM PST by WashingtonFire (The charisma of Reagan + the vision of Jefferson + the patriotism of Washington = Trump)
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To: TexasGator

Still not worth the denomination. I know that scrap has value


75 posted on 02/20/2019 12:42:37 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: SMGFan

No. I reject any politicans on any U.S. currency beyond the age of the founders.


76 posted on 02/20/2019 12:46:37 PM PST by Wuli
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To: SMGFan

Why don’t these two numbskulls get busy. Build the wall


77 posted on 02/20/2019 12:47:12 PM PST by stanne
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To: SMGFan

No thank you


78 posted on 02/20/2019 12:49:39 PM PST by Josa
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To: Vaquero

“Still not worth the denomination. I know that scrap has value”

It is worth at least its denomination.


79 posted on 02/20/2019 12:50:09 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Wuli
Prior to 1909, all American coins had female or Indian depictions of Liberty. The Lincoln cent of 1909 was supposed to be a one-time commemorative event, but it held on. Our other coins fell into the presidential pattern over the decades due to high public and political regard for the imperial presidency.

It's time to go back to female or Indian depictions of Liberty.

80 posted on 02/20/2019 12:51:12 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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