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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSteve King (R-IA) Proposes Legislation to Block Harriet Tubman From Being on $20 Bill
Republican Rep. Steve King introduced an amendment to bar the Treasury Department from spending any funds to redesign paper money or coin currency.
If the amendment is enacted, it would nullify the Treasury Departments plans to replace the current image of Jackson on the $20 bill with a portrait of Tubman, one of the most prominent abolitionists for her work in the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. She would become the first black woman ever to appear on a U.S. banknote.
Kings reason for introducing the amendment was not immediately clear, and his office did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment.
According to The Huffington Post, which first reported the story, the Iowa Republican is hoping to attach his legislation to another bill that will authorize the Treasury Departments funding.
http://ktla.com/2016/06/21/iowa-congressman-proposes-legislation-block-harriet-tubman-from-being-on-20-bill/
rurallib
(62,460 posts)even though some in his district think he is gawd's chosen mouthpiece, it never hurts to shore up the hate with an election coming.
I think also that Andrew was King's favorite Jackson brother.
for the humor impaired
madaboutharry
(40,231 posts)Warpy
(111,367 posts)that he's forgotten how to be human.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... more than a tad loopy.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)His political facets, anyway, and the rest don't matter to anyone but his family and his dog.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)No worries... the more the merrier when it comes to that racist asscarrot.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Well played, Mr Bond.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,729 posts)King and Bachman. I apologize. Twice.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...considering that they're both worthy of being Stephen King characters, in one of his more gruesome thrillers? I--think--not...!
3catwoman3
(24,055 posts)The author's characters are fictional. Representative King, unfortunately, is real.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)and had Humphrey, Mondale, and Wellstone!
JustinL
(722 posts)spanone
(135,892 posts)thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)Just like everyone in the republican party.........
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)But who does him in the best?
Dolly?
Jane?
Lily?
I go with Dolly!
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tenderfoot
(8,438 posts)Their like the Ramsey Bolton character from Game of Thrones.
47of74
(18,470 posts)Stop electing this fuckstick to Congress. You make all of us here in Iowa look bad.
LW1977
(1,237 posts)That district is like Appalachia.
Initech
(100,107 posts)jmowreader
(50,566 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,475 posts)if only this kind of asshattery would make young African American athletes think about attending another school offering them a scholarship in a less 'repressive' state
Vinca
(50,314 posts)sakabatou
(42,180 posts)The leads from "Breadwinners."
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Dugar?
That asshole Duck Dynasty fucker?
Maybe Roger Taney?
keithbvadu2
(36,949 posts)why cannot the republican majority Congress (both Houses) do the same to forbid spending money on immigrants?
If the immigrants are so bad for the country, why do they allow it?
Akicita
(1,196 posts)keep wages down so the rich can get much, much richer. The more immigrants, the wider that income gap gets between the rich and everyone else. It is working wonderfully so far. That income gap is getting bigger all the time. They would never let their Republican toadies stop it.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,228 posts)I know plenty of folks from Iowa. How does this guy keep getting elected? I know the rural parts might be really "farmy" and traditionalist, but still....
lark
(23,160 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,810 posts)to launch himself into Trump's veepstake
How's that for a thought to curdle your nightmares!
sangfroid
(212 posts)nt
keithbvadu2
(36,949 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I would really like to hear his obviously stupid reasoning for this so that we can legitimately rip it apart.
Jeb Bartlet
(141 posts)he's a racist right wing asshole, always has been.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Akicita
(1,196 posts)Is he a closet Democrat? No.
Does he not believe a woman should be on our money? Possibly
Does he have something personally against Harriet Tubman? Not likely.
Is Andrew Jackson his idol? Could be.
Is it because he is a racist? Don't like to accuse someone of something so vile without proof but is most likely the correct answer.
Can't wait to hear his explanation for this one.
Gene Debs
(582 posts)Ferretherder
(1,446 posts)..........
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)shrinking it to about 26% or so. Unfortunately, even those then turn around and vote with it every election, which makes them...worse?
Maybe it'll be a bit different this time.