Congress took quick action on the bill honoring Native Americans on the reverse of the Sacagawea dollar when it came back from summer recess Sept. 4, but it still faces an amazing number of national issues.

Some of them will turn into high political drama, like the legislation introduced by Rep., Virgil Goode, R-Va., to restore the national motto, “In God We Trust,” to the obverse of the new dollar coin after a string of failures in edge lettering by the Mint.

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