Passing a marijuana banking bill is a priority during the upcoming summer work session in the Senate, but it “will not be easy” and needs GOP support to advance, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said in a letter to colleagues that notably omitted his typical call for attaching criminal justice provisions like expungements.
The letter that Schumer released on Sunday says that lawmakers will first focus on advancing must-pass appropriations and defense legislation. But he said that Democrats “will also continue our work with our Republican colleagues to advance legislation in a range of policy areas.”
That includes “making progress on bipartisan bills” like one to “safeguard cannabis banking” that already received a hearing in the Senate Banking Committee in May and that advocates hope will be taken up for a vote in that panel this month.
“Passing these bills will not be easy, and we will depend on cooperation of our Republican colleagues to get any of them done,” Schumer said. “I applaud our committees and our caucus for the continued work to make positive and meaningful changes in the lives of every day Americans.”
The majority leader has said several times that he considers the Secure and Fair
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