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  Republicans Push to Put Reagan on Dimes
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Last EditedDFWDem  Dec 05, 2003 10:26am
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News DateFriday, December 5, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionWASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans angry over an unflattering television movie about Ronald Reagan want to put his image on the dime in place of Democratic icon Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Democrats are just as determined to keep FDR's profile in coin purses.

"If they want to find another way to honor Ronald Reagan, I'm happy to join with them, but leave the dime alone," said Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass.

Supporters of the "Ronald Reagan Dime Act" said Roosevelt and his government-expanding New Deal represented decades past, while Reagan's conservative, anti-communist administration ushered in society as it exists today.

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