A group of US Democratic senators is pushing the Treasury to revive a plan to put Harriet Tubman, an anti-slavery crusader, on the $20 bill. The Obama administration had announced in 2016 that Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the bill, but the current administration has put the plan on hold.
Background
The effort to put Tubman on the $20 bill has been a decade-long process with bipartisan support. However, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently stated that the department was no longer pursuing the redesign. The senators, led by Jeanne Shaheen and Chris Van Hollen, are urging Bessent to reconsider and resume plans to create the new bill.
The decision to halt the plan has sparked controversy, with some administration officials pushing to put President Donald Trump’s image on a proposed $250 bill. This move would require an act of Congress, as current law prohibits living persons from being featured on US paper currency.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
