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Lee to introduce bill to block Biden from minting trillion-dollar platinum coin

By Zach Halaschak
Published March 1, 2023 3:53pm ET
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Lee to introduce bill to block Biden from minting trillion-dollar platinum coin
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, accompanied by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, on a reintroduction of a resolution to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) will introduce legislation this week to prevent the Treasury from minting a $1 trillion platinum coin, a controversial workaround to raising the debt limit.

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