Without knowing when the Senate will look at this and assuming after inauguration, I can see this as a carrot to get out youth vote in the upcoming Georgia senate run-off elections.
US House passes federal cannabis decriminalisation bill
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#12Great to see the worsening COVID crisis getting the attention it deserves...
They put off on voting on this before the election to focus on Covid legislation.
The congress is more than capable of doing multiple things at once.
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#13In a very partisan vote that will not survive the Senate. Apart from virtue signalling, why bother? We are post election, so it doesn't even help us decide how to vote. Trying this after January at least might've made more sense. It's frustrating we see full House votes on pointless partisan efforts when there are issues like infrastructure that both parties could and should agree on and progress in.
Pretty sure they're doing this to entice people to vote in the Georgia runoffs so Dems will control the Senate. "Vote for us and we can make this law."
This right here. It's literally this right here. So in other words, it's not pointless, it's political tactic. A good tactic to entice unlikely voters to vote Democrat.
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#14Wouldn't this be a surprising high note for Trump to go out on.
Unfortunately as of right now the Senate in no way is going to pass this bill or even bring it up for a vote. Who knows what may happen next month but it is DOA right now as it stands.
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#152/3 of Americans support legalizing cannabis. I don’t understand why this bill is so bipartisan among politicians if so many citizens support it.
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#16It won't pass the Senate floor. Absolutely pointless.
It will if Democrats win the Georgia races.
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#17Wouldn't this be a surprising high note for Trump to go out on.
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#182/3 of Americans support legalizing cannabis. I don’t understand why this bill is so bipartisan among politicians if so many citizens support it.
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#19> It includes measures to expunge the federal criminal records of those charged or convicted for non-violent cannabis offenses
I feel this line is what'll cause the bill to not pass in the Senate.
I don't see why the removal of cannabis from the scheduled drugs list needs to be coupled with criminal record expungement. Do one. Then move to do the next.
Is this how things are usually done?
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#20It won't pass the Senate floor. Absolutely pointless.
The Senate is an incredibly un-democratic institution and a truly massive barrier standing in the way of a functioning government. Mitch McConnell alone can dictate Senate business at his whims.