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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 596459, member: 17753&quot;]Oh, please.&nbsp; It passed the House 419 to 0, and then passed the Senate by <b>unanimous </b>consent (and then signed into law by Bush).&nbsp; <span style="color: red">edited</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the politicians&#039; comments on the bill was that they favored it because it would honor America&#039;s treasures, and because they thought it would make money for the Treasury (as the state quarters program did).</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than coin collectors complaining that it was too much, the public was fairly apathetic about the legislation.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2008/07/14/commemorative-national-park-quarters-pass-house-should-the-senate-follow-4239/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2008/07/14/commemorative-national-park-quarters-pass-house-should-the-senate-follow-4239/" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s</a> an article from CoinNews about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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