Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has once again included a bipartisan marijuana banking bill in a list of legislative priorities he hopes to advance this year.
During a press briefing on Tuesday, Schumer was asked about what’s on the chamber’s agenda after senators passed a foreign aid package this week.
He said that “we have a bunch of different bills” that will “all have to work in a bipartisan way, and we’ll do our best to get many of them done.”
That includes “trying to deal with” the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act “and cannabis reform,” Schumer said. He also listed legislation addressing insulin pricing, online child safety and railway safety as priorities.
“We’ve got a lot to do,” the majority leader said. “And if we can work in a bipartisan way, we will.”
Schumer has made repeated pledges to move the SAFER Banking Act since it cleared the Senate Banking Committee last September. And now that the Senate has approved must-pass appropriations legislation and foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, there are heightened expectations that floor action could be on the horizon.
Adding to those expectations is the recent introduction of a bill to
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