Tag: Congress cannabis

NV’s Titus, MN’s Omar take over Congressional Cannabis Caucus

Marijuana reform’s new leaders in the U.S. Congress are Democratic U.S. Reps. Dina Titus of Nevada and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The women will take over as co-chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus from their retiring predecessors, Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer and California Rep. Barbara Lee. Blumenauer co-founded the Congressional Cannabis Caucus in 2016, though […]

Cannabis banking unlikely to pass Congress in lame-duck session

With six weeks left in 2024, Washington, D.C.-based cannabis lobbyists and federal marijuana reform advocates already have entered “wait until next year” mode. Despite friendly signals from President-elect Donald Trump and unfinished business from an exiting Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, there is little hope for long-anticipated bills such as cannabis banking reform to […]