House passes bill to federally decriminalize marijuana

[Zeedox]

House passes bill to federally decriminalize marijuana

The House has voted with a slim bipartisan majority to federally decriminalize marijuana.

www.cnn.com

The House has voted with a slim bipartisan majority to federally decriminalize marijuana.
The vote was 220 to 204. Republicans Tom McClintock of California, Brian Mast and Matt Gaetz, both of Florida, joined the majority of Democrats in supporting the bill, while Democrats Henry Cuellar of Texas and Chris Pappas of New Hampshire voted against.
The bill, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, will prevent federal agencies from denying federal workers security clearances for cannabis use, and will allow the Veterans' Administration to recommend medical marijuana to veterans living with posttraumatic stress disorder, plus gains revenue by authorizing a sales tax on marijuana sales.

 

[Gomez Adams]

You do realize that's about the 5th time they've done that, don't you?

They do it for brownie points. It always never even gets a vote in the Senate, but every election cycle the house will pass another bill anyway to score points. They're also talking up the expanded Medicare and Medicare for all that they talked up and did nothing about as well.

Republicans have abortion and gun rights.

Democrats have pot and Medicare.

Neither party really does a damn thing about any of it, but it's all they discuss when it's time to get elected.