Powerful Senate Committee Ties Jeff Sessions’s Hands on Medical Marijuana

Appropriations Committee Approves Amendment Defunding DOJ Medical Marijuana Enforcement; Strongest Signal yet that Congress Does Not Support Sessions’ Drug War Agenda
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 27, 2017. Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted by voice vote to approve an amendment that would block the Department of Justice from spending any funds to undermine state medical marijuana laws. The amendment – led by Senator Leahy (D-VT) – is a striking rebuke of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had

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