Momentum builds in Senate for major cannabis bill

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senators on both sides of the aisle are throwing support behind a proposal to tuck key marijuana banking legislation into a larger package aimed at boosting U.S. competitiveness, increasing the odds that a significant cannabis bill gets through the upper chamber this year.

Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.), the No. 3 Senate Democrat, is leading a push to pass the SAFE Banking Act, which would enable cannabis firms to use banking services, as part of a sweeping package lawmakers are hashing out in both chambers that is intended to bolster the country’s supply chains and manufacturing.

While the cannabis measure was not included in the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act that passed the Senate, the legislation was featured in the House’s version of the bill, known as the COMPETES Act, that passed in February.

Murray says she is “fighting every which way” to get the cannabis legislation included in the final bill. She noted that federal law currently forces weed dispensaries to use cash, making them prime targets for robberies.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/momentum-builds-in-senate-for-major-cannabis-bill/ar-AAWUrCa

[Wounded Bear]

1. Long overdue...nt

[Martin68]

3. I hav a feeling more pressing matters may occupy the Senate's time for now - like responding to the

impending reversal of Roe v Wade.

[choie]

4. Thank you!

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[CrackityJones75]

5. I forgot that they only work on one thing at a time.

[Martin68]

9. They have to choose their battles. They have to choose their priorities. It 's hard enough to get

one bill passed given the opposition by the GOP to very single bill Democrats propose. Theoretically they could have a dozen bills in the pipeline at the same time. But if something requires all their time and energy, other bills will have to wait if they aren't as important.

[Doc Sportello]

8. A bipartisan bill already in the works has a chance of passing

What bill is proposed or has a chance to pass regarding an as yet unannounced Supreme Court decision? And how will it distract from this legislation?

[roamer65]

7. Does it decriminalize MJ at the federal level?