Friday’s passage of the MORE Act – to legalize marijuana at the federal level – could set the stage for a new round of bipartisan talks on MJ reform.
At least, that’s the hope of freshman U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace.
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Mace, a South Carolina Republican, made a splash last year when she became the face of a new GOP push to remove marijuana from the list of federally controlled substances and let the states take the lead on regulating the cannabis industry.
But since her bill – the States Reform Act – was introduced in November 2021, it has languished in 12 committees and seven subcommittees without a hearing.
By contrast, the full U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the MORE Act for the second time in the chamber’s history.
The vote split mainly along party lines, with only three GOP lawmakers supporting the legislation; Mace voted
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