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Cory Booker Moves To Protect Weed Rights In Federally Funded Housing: 'No One Should Face Eviction... For Legally Using Marijuana'
Friday, January 26, 2024 - 9:44am | 748Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Thursday reintroduced a measure that would protect marijuana consumers in legal states who live in federally funded housing. The bill, titled The Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act, would permit the use of...
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GOP-Led House Rules Committee Blocks Marijuana And Psychedelic Reform Amendments
Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 5:39pm | 500In a recent development, the House Rules Committee under GOP control has rejected a series of proposed marijuana and psychedelic reform amendments within expansive spending legislation. This decision includes the dismissal of a bipartisan effort aimed at protecting state cannabis...
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DC Congresswoman Norton Requests Marijuana Plants Be Displayed At US Botanic Garden
Friday, May 12, 2023 - 10:41am | 467Democratic congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton who represents Washington, D.C., in the House of Representatives is requesting the US Botanic Garden display cannabis for the first time ever. This follows Norton’s previous request that was granted – the display of hemp, which...
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Bipartisan Lawmakers Express Public Discontent On Congress' Inaction On Marijuana Reform
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - 2:55pm | 524The co-chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus issued a joint statement criticizing the inaction of the House Rules Committee that rejected amendments to the bipartisan spending bill intended to promote veterans' access to medical cannabis. “We have the responsibility to provide our...
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House Lawmakers Filed Cannabis Protection Amendments For Veterans And Folks Living In Federally Assisted Housing
Thursday, July 14, 2022 - 1:10pm | 630House lawmakers recently introduced new amendments to a series of cannabis laws to fund parts of the federal government for the coming year, reported Marijuana Moment. Considering that doctors are allowed to fill out recommendations for patients who want to participate in state cannabis...
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Congressional Lawmakers Push For Protections Of Legal Cannabis States To Be Included In Upcoming Spending Bill
Thursday, June 16, 2022 - 1:33pm | 492A group of 48 House Representatives sent a letter calling on the chairman and ranking members of a House appropriations subcommittee to address cannabis issues through the must-pass legislation as part of a spending bill expected to be introduced next week, reported Marijuana Moment...