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PinkTiger

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Sat Jul 20, 2019, 06:20 PM Jul 2019

Three Senators who stand in the way of legalization of cannabis [View all]

https://www.420magazine.com/420-news/three-republicans-stand-in-the-way-of-federal-weed-legalization/

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The circle of people on Capitol Hill who will decide if cannabis legislation passes is actually pretty small. There are three names that are continually listed — by lobbyists, advocates, and lawmakers — as the gatekeepers to any federal cannabis legislation: Republican Senators Mike Crapo (ID), Lindsey Graham (SC), and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY).

They make decisions about which cannabis bills — if any — the Senate in Congress will have opportunity to vote on this session.

“I used to think that in civics, in government, you need 50 percent plus one to pass legislation,” Murphy says. “Not exactly. You need one, plus 50 percent.” That one, says Murphy, is a committee chairman.

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