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Penny debate in the United States
A debate exists within the United States government, and American society at large, over whether the one-cent coin, commonly called the penny, should be eliminated as a unit of currency in the United States. Two bills introduced in the U.S. Congress would have ceased production of pennies, but neither bill was approved. Such a bill would leave the nickel, at five cents, as the lowest-value coin. On 15 February 2013, President Barack Obama stated his willingness to eliminate the penny.
==Legislation==
In 1990, United States Representative Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) introduced the Price Rounding Act of 1989, HR 3761 to eliminate the penny in cash transactions, rounding to the nearest nickel.〔(H.R.3761 – Price Rounding Act of 1989 (Introduced in House – IH) )〕 In 2001, Representative Kolbe introduced the Legal Tender Modernization Act of 2001, HR 5818,〔(– Legal Tender Modernization Act of 2001, HR 2528 )〕 and in 2006 he introduced the Currency Overhaul for an Industrious Nation (COIN) Act, HR 5818. While the bills received much popular support from the public, and therefore from their representatives, the bills were not made to law when Congress adjourned. There are public pressures on many Representatives to reintroduce these bills to the legislature. One such example is the constituency of the 2nd District of Colorado, represented by Jared Polis.〔()〕
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