Obama to Congress: Hands Off D.C.’s Marijuana Policy

[bigtree]

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Obama to Congress: Hands Off D.C.’s Marijuana Policy http://roll.cl/1sgC1w2 via @StevenTDennis

The White House has a message for Congress — hands off the District of Columbia, including its new law decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana.

Buried in a broadly worded veto threat of the Financial Services appropriations bill, the administration said Monday it “strongly opposes” language restricting the District’s ability to spend its own money on a host of issues, including implementing marijuana policy and abortions.

“The Administration strongly opposes the language in the bill preventing the District from using its own local funds to carry out locally-passed marijuana policies, which again undermines the principles of States’ rights and of District home rule,” the administration said. “Furthermore, the language poses legal challenges to the Metropolitan Police Department’s enforcement of all marijuana laws currently in force in the District.”

“The bill impedes implementation of the Affordable Care Act, undermines critical components of Wall Street reform, and fails to provide the resources necessary to provide robust taxpayer services and improve tax enforcement. Further, the legislation includes ideological and political provisions that are beyond the scope of funding legislation,” the administration said.

read: http://blogs.rollcall.com/white-house/obama-to-congress-hands-off-d-c-s-marijuana-policy/

[Heather MC]

1. Oh boy, These people, DC is screwed over enough

With all the government buildings that generate zero tax revenue, the constant road blocks for high powered people to zoom through green lights. ALL the protest that make it impossible for the rest of us to just get to work. And let's face it, we stay on the terrorist top targets list. We need weed to calm our nerves, shit!

[NightWatcher]

2. Just have your Congressman....

Oh wait, never mind.

[Heather MC]

3. That hurt!

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, bigtree.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. Thanks, Obama. I mean it.