Democrats are looking for a weed deal June 24, 2022 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments As this Congress enters its final months, lawmakers warm to the idea of cannabis banking “plus.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer doesn’t have the votes to pass a sweeping marijuana decriminalization bill — despite repeatedly touting his support for ending… Read More→
House of Representatives to vote on marijuana legalization bill December 4, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is set to vote on marijuana legalization at the federal level Friday, the first time either chamber of Congress has voted on the matter. The bill is likely to pass the chamber, but the Republican-controlled Senate is… Read More→
Moderate Democrats push leadership to pull marijuana legislation September 16, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Centrist Democrats are pushing House Democratic leadership to pull legislation expected to reach the House floor next week that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. The Democrats are expressing frustrations the bill is slated to come up for a… Read More→
How Kamala Harris learned to love marijuana August 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments One joke prevalent in the cannabis industry concerns the speed with which things are always changing. Be it taxes, laws, or the tune of elected officials, it’s common knowledge in the legal marijuana trade that the cement of regulation and… Read More→
The Marijuana Superweapon Biden Refuses to Use July 6, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Democratic political consultants dream of issues like marijuana legalization. Democrats are overwhelmingly in favor of it, polls show. So are independents. A majority of Republicans favor it now too. It motivates progressives, young people, and Black Americans to vote. Put… Read More→
Democrats say looser marijuana laws attract young voters, and some Republicans are catching on April 22, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Democrats are increasingly embracing looser restrictions on marijuana — and a growing number of high-profile Republicans are joining them, marking a shift in the politics of cannabis. As Democrats try to regain control of Congress in the November elections and… Read More→
Democrats call for ‘pathway’ to marijuana legalization July 10, 2016 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Democratic Party endorsed a "reasoned pathway to future legalization" of marijuana and called for the drug to be downgraded in the Controlled Substances Act, in a tense and unexpected victory for supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders. Going into the platform… Read More→