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House votes to legalize weed
The MORE Act is that bill: It would remove federal criminal penalties on marijuana, erase nonviolent federal marijuana criminal records, provide money for states to scrub marijuana criminal records, too, and create grant programs to assist those affected following the Controlled Substances Act becoming law in the Nixon era.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
is the chief sponsor of the MORE Act in the Senate, and one gap between her and Biden is their stance on marijuana legalization.
While anti-legalization advocates see Biden’s stance as a win, the pro-weed crowd hopes Harris will go to bat for their issue should the White House act on criminal justice reform.
No one expects that passage in the House will shake the Republican-led Senate’s inaction on marijuana, however. McConnell has said he will not consider comprehensive marijuana legislation, and if Republicans retain control following the Georgia Senate runoff it appears unlikely the MORE Act would be raised in the Senate.
The MORE Act is that bill: It would remove federal criminal penalties on marijuana, erase nonviolent federal marijuana criminal records, provide money for states to scrub marijuana criminal records, too, and create grant programs to assist those affected following the Controlled Substances Act becoming law in the Nixon era.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
is the chief sponsor of the MORE Act in the Senate, and one gap between her and Biden is their stance on marijuana legalization.While anti-legalization advocates see Biden’s stance as a win, the pro-weed crowd hopes Harris will go to bat for their issue should the White House act on criminal justice reform.
No one expects that passage in the House will shake the Republican-led Senate’s inaction on marijuana, however. McConnell has said he will not consider comprehensive marijuana legislation, and if Republicans retain control following the Georgia Senate runoff it appears unlikely the MORE Act would be raised in the Senate.
