Despite the growing threat of a government shutdown that could freeze nearly all business in Washington DC, a top Senate Democrat believes marijuana banking reform could have a required hearing “in the next six weeks.”
That’s the latest prediction on SAFE Banking from U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Ohio Democrat who chairs the Senate banking committee.
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Brown told Punchbowl News on Monday that marijuana banking reform is near the top of his to-do list as Congress returns from its August recess.
“We want to get RECOUP. We want to get SAFE Banking,” Brown told the online news site.
“We already have, in the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act), the FEND Off Fentanyl Act. All three of those are my priorities.
“We want to do all that in the next six weeks.”
SAFE Banking, which would forbid federal regulators from punishing financial institutions that provide banking services
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