There has been some discussion over the past couple of months that Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer might employ some clever finagling to bypass the 60-vote supermajority requirement to push through a comprehensive cannabis reform bill.
As it stands, an old rule known as the filibuster is in the way of Schumer securing the votes necessary to make legal weed a reality. But if he could wrap it up in a budget reconciliation proposal, there’s a chance it would pass with a simple majority.
The budget reconciliation process allows the Senate to pass bills with a simple majority (51 votes), basically moving a bill through the upper chamber without Republican support. This is how they passed President Joe Biden’s US$1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill, despite Republican warning about how it would cripple the U.S.
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