Pennsylvania GOP leaders are delivering their response to the Democratic governor’s latest budget request calling for marijuana legalization: If you want the reform enacted, you need to meaningfully come to the table with the legislature and craft a deal to get it done.
Meanwhile, a top Democrat in the House suggested there’s still some splintering within the caucus about the best path forward to implement a regulated cannabis market.
Following Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D) budget speech on Tuesday—where he called on the legislature to enact “long overdue” cannabis reform by this summer, even if it seems “complicated”—several legislators on both sides of the aisle have weighed in on the prospect of legalization in the new session.
“The governor needs to lead on something. If he wants something done, he needs to lead on it,” Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R) said. “He can’t throw an idea out there—which he did last year—and say, ‘Let the legislature figure it out. I’ll sign it. Then I’ll go do press conferences all over the state.’”
“He has to lead on something,” Ward said. “What is his priority? What will he do to get some of this stuff across the
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