The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly says he’s unwilling to compromise with his Senate colleagues who are opposed to his plan to create state-run dispensaries under a limited medical marijuana program.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) unveiled the medical cannabis bill last week, proposing the “most restrictive” medical cannabis law in the country. It quickly drew criticism—from Democrats who want comprehensive legalization, as well as Republican Senate leaders who have taken issue with the specifics of the proposal.
Vos said at a press conference on Tuesday that he has no plans to amend it to address his Senate counterparts’ concerns.
“We have a very detailed bill that I am pretty sure has 50 votes in our caucus to pass. So taking and re-negotiating the bill means we probably lose votes in our caucus,” the speaker said, as The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
“I’d rather get us through to keep the promise we made, which is to have a comprehensive bill that can actually become law, as opposed to an ethereal idea that maybe somebody could support someday, but it never actually makes it anywhere,” Vos said.
The plan he and other Assembly Republicans detailed last week calls for bans
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