A top staffer for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on Thursday about the path forward for a federal marijuana legalization bill and the prospects of passing incremental measures like cannabis banking reform in the interim. At an event hosted by the Council for Federal Cannabis Regulation (CFCR), Schumer’s chief counsel Reginald Babin said that […]| Marijuana Moment
A senator is asking colleagues on the powerful Appropriations Committee to include provisions in an upcoming spending bill to give small marijuana businesses fair access to federal Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs and entrepreneurial development resources that are available to companies in any other industry. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) has been a longstanding advocate […]| Marijuana Moment
A Senate committee has scheduled a meeting for next week that will focus on marijuana issues in Indian communities. The Senate Indian Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), posted a notice of the listening session, titled “Cannabis in Indian Country,” which is set to take place on June 17. The notice, posted on […]| Marijuana Moment
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has held recent talks with a key GOP House lawmaker about possible interim, bipartisan cannabis reform steps that can be taken as he continues to finalize a comprehensive legalization bill, staffers from both offices told Marijuana Moment on Thursday. The discussions touched on a broad range of cannabis reform […]| Marijuana Moment
The House sponsor of a bipartisan marijuana banking bill revealed on Friday that conversations have been happening behind the scenes with Senate leadership about amending his legislation in a way that more specifically addresses equity issues to win their support. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) made the comments to Marijuana Moment just hours before the House […]| Marijuana Moment
As congressional lawmakers work to advance federal marijuana legalization, a bipartisan duo on Thursday filed a bill that would incentivize states and local governments to expunge cannabis records in their jurisdictions. Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are sponsoring the legislation, titled the Harnessing Opportunities by Pursuing Expungement (HOPE) Act. It would encourage […]| Marijuana Moment
A key congressman involved in bicameral negotiations on a large-scale manufacturing bill says he’s optimistic about the prospects of including marijuana banking reform in the final version of the legislation that gets signed into law. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a longstanding champion of cannabis legalization who is serving as a conferee on the America COMPETES […]| Marijuana Moment
A bicameral congressional conference committee tasked with settling differences on a large-scale manufacturing bill kicked off negotiations on Thursday—and several appointed conferees from the House and Senate took the opportunity to push for marijuana banking reform as part of the package. At least seven members made a point to raise the cannabis issue as part […]| Marijuana Moment
The congressman behind a bipartisan bill to broaden the cannabis industry's access to banking said on Thursday that he had a "plan B" to push the legislation through the U.S. Senate as the foundation of a compilation bill that would unite numerous pieces of incremental reform.| www.law360.com
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