Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has signaled he’s not giving up hope on attaching a marijuana banking bill to must-pass aviation legislation. But Republican leaders in both chambers represent roadblocks for the reform.
Shortly after unveiling his reintroduced legislation to federally legalize cannabis on Wednesday, Schumer was asked about the prospect of attaching marijuana banking and cryptocurrency regulations measures to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill that’s being negotiated.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has already made clear that he’s opposed to that option, and anti-cannabis House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said broadly that he’s against adding any unrelated measures to the FAA legislation, Bloomberg News reported.
But Schumer said on Wednesday that “there are lots of people who have different amendments not relevant to the FAA that want to get them on.”
“I’m one of those—but we have to get this done in a bipartisan way. And we’ll figure out the best way to get it done,” he said.
McConnell’s office told Marijuana Moment on Monday that the minority leader “continues to oppose marijuana banking,” without specifically responding to a question about whether he was resisting a push to adding the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER)
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