<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Democrats and Republicans lawmakers react to Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> on the $500 bill. A Congressional gold medal. An international airport. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">It’s the Summer of Trump in the House of Representatives, where Republican lawmakers have flooded the chamber with bills and resolutions honoring the former president, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/17/trump-conviction-poll-independent-voters/74125095007/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">convicted felon</a> and 2024 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/09/donald-trump-joe-biden-poll/74037125007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">GOP front-runner</a>. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">These largely symbolic gestures are a way to get noticed by the Republican powerhouse, who can make or break politicians with his endorsements, according to a former member of Congress.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Earlier this month, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., introduced a bill requiring the U.S. Treasury to start printing $500 bills again after 79 years, with the pricey legal tender now “<a target="_blank" href="https://gosar.house.gov/uploadedfiles/500_trump_note.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|z|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">featuring a portrait</a>” of Trump in place of the late President William McKinley. Gosar said the proposal was meant to draw attention to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/27/president-biden-scraps-bidenomics-after-slogan-falls-flat/73423634007/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">high inflation</a> under <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/joe-biden/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Joe Biden</a>. </p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">More:</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/17/president-joe-biden-donald-trump-media-campaign/74120139007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:6|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Biden ad attacks 'convicted criminal' Trump in $50M paid media blitz</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>Prep for the polls:</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":body nav (vg)|e|auto spike click:6|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" href="http://www.usatoday.com/elections/voter-guide/">See who is running for president and compare where they stand on key issues in our Voter Guide</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">There’s cash, and then there’s gold. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In May, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., pushed a bill to award Trump the Congressional Gold Medal for his administration’s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/10/23/donald-trump-sudan-normalize-relations-israel-after-terror-designation-lifted/3514503001/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">foreign policy successes</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“They’re all trying to curry favor from the former president,” said <a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/member/fred-upton/U000031" data-t-l=":b|z|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">Fred Upton</a>, a Republican who represented southwest Michigan in the House for 26 years before retiring in 2023. “They want to be recognized by him.”</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:461px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/06/17/USAT/74129066007-usatsi-16129707.jpg?width=660&height=461&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/06/17/USAT/74129066007-usatsi-16129707.jpg?width=1320&height=922&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., has proposed putting Donald Trump on the $500 bill."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Some are literally trying to put him on the map. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The real...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/18/republican-congress-bills-honor-donald-trump/74128185007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>