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Will Reagan Land on $50 Bill?

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Republicans try to dump Ulysses S. Grant.

Would the Gipper look good on the $50 dollar bill? Fourteen Republicans in Congress say that its time to dump Civil War general and 18th president Ulysses S. Grant from the note and replace him with Ronald Reagan. "One decade into the 21st century, it's time to honor the last great president of the 20th and give President Reagan a place beside Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy," Rep. Patrick McHenry, a Republican from North Carolina who is leading the money change effort, said in statement Wednesday. In past, Reagan fans have tried to get the 40th president on the $20 note and the dime.

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