Since 2005, the US Congress has repeatedly flirted with legislation aimed at defending hard-pressed American workers from the presumed threat of a cheap Chinese currency. Bipartisan support for such a measure surfaced when Senators Charles Schumer (a liberal Democrat from New York) and Lindsey Graham (a conservative Republican from South Carolina) introduced the first Chinese currency bill.
2005年以来，美国国会一再与立法者演双簧，试图将压力重重的美国工人从假定的廉价人民币的威胁中解救出来。对此手段的跨党派支持始于参议员舒默（Charles Schumer，纽约州自由派民主党）和格雷厄姆（Lindsey Graham，南加州共和党）所提出的首个人民币法案。