(This story was updated at 1:50 p.m. ET with reactions to Friday’s vote.)
The U.S. House of Representatives, for the second time in its history, passed a sweeping bill Friday that would end the federal government’s prohibition on marijuana, but the Senate looms as a big hurdle to passage of the legalization measure.
The lower chamber voted 220-204 to pass the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, which would remove the plant from the federal Controlled Substances Act and open the industry to additional multibillion-dollar business opportunities and access to traditional banking services.
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The MORE Act would not only decriminalize marijuana but also reinvest in communities harmed by the war on drugs and provide for expungement of certain cannabis convictions.
The vote was along party lines, with only three Republicans supporting the measure.
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