Treasury has ditched plan for Tubman $20 bill; Shaheen and Hassan want answers

By: Maureen Milliken

Outlets: Manchester InkLink

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 1,507

Last Updated: 3 days, 22 hours ago

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – New Hampshire’s Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan are among a group of eight Senate Democrats who are demanding that the U.S. Department of Treasury revive plans to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

The eight, in a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Thursday, comes after Bessent said earlier this month that the department is not moving forward with the plan to put the abolitionist and civil rights …

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