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Oppose the “Deferring Executive Authority (DEA) Act” in U.S. Senate

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S. 2909 — which is sponsored by U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Steve Daines (R-MT) — is wrong-headed and should be opposed. The bill says that only Congress should have the ability to move marijuana up and down the five schedules. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/gop-senators-file-bill-to-block-biden-marijuana-rescheduling-effort-without-congressional-approval/ In 1970, when Congress and President Richard M. Nixon created the current-day […]

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Maryland Matters: ‘After two decades, Maryland moves from recognizing medicinal cannabis to recreational use”

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“The signing of legislation legalizing cannabis in Maryland marks a mile post in a long strange trip for one Republican former delegate turned marijuana policy advocate. “Don Murphy, a former lawmaker from Baltimore County, once sponsored legislation two decades ago that made it possible for someone arrested for possession of the drug to argue it

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Marijuana legislation to move forward in Congress, while 3 of 4 states pass initiatives

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This was the first election in our lifetimes where the federal results were more important than the state results, from the perspective of marijuana policy nationally. The Democratic takeover of the U.S. House was the most important outcome, because the House speaker, committee chairs, and subcommittee chairs will all be Democrats for the first time

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Dallas Observer covers marijuana “Super PAC” opposing Pete Sessions

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Congressman Pete Sessions’s seat is one the Democratic Party hopes to flip in November, and it’s not alone. A pro-marijuana political action committee also wants Sessions out of his seat. Rob Kampia, the co-founder of the lobbying group Marijuana Policy Project who left in December to create the Marijuana Leadership Campaign, doesn’t disguise his disgust

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“D Magazine” in Dallas covers launch of marijuana Super PAC

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Pro-pot libertarians are weighing in on the race for Rep. Pete Sessions’ District 32 seat, pledging to remove the “sphincter” blocking marijuana reform in Congress. [They have] formed a Super PAC to help funnel donations toward the Libertarian Party candidate in that race, Melina Baker, and toward Sessions’ Democratic opponent, whomever that may be —

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Washington Examiner: Marijuana super PAC created to oust legislative ‘sphincter’ Rep. Pete Sessions

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Marijuana reform activists have created a new super PAC aimed exclusively at defeating Texas Republican Rep. Pete Sessions, the House Rules Committee chairman who has blocked cannabis reform legislation from reaching the House floor. Marijuana Policy Project founder and former Executive Director Rob Kampia is leading the effort, which he said is crucial to legalizing

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(Unelecting) Pete Sessions gets national attention

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Yes!  The (get rid of) Pete Sessions campaign was featured in The New York Times on April 13. Un-electing Congressman Pete Sessions is one of the Marijuana Leadership Campaign’s two priority projects in 2018, having recently formed the Marijuana Leadership PAC and, soon, a Super PAC. As a reminder, Rep. Sessions (R-Dallas) is literally the only man preventing

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Reminder: Congressman Pete Sessions is also harming vets

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In this roundup article in the Portland Mercury by Vince Sliwoski, an attorney with Harris Bricken law firm, he smartly reminds us that the veterans amendment was the last good marijuana amendment to receive a vote on the floor of the U.S. House … back in 2016. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-Dallas) single-handedly blocked all other

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Politico: MLC launches campaign against Congressman Pete Sessions

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“It doesn’t matter which Democrat wins [the runoff election on May 22 in Dallas]. Either way, we’re going to un-elect him,” said Rob Kampia, the former executive director of MPP. Kampia’s new venture is the Marijuana Leadership Campaign and its companion Marijuana Leadership PAC. “Our invitation-only launch meeting was held in Dallas,” he told POLITICO Magazine, “and I can safely say we’ll be spending $500,000

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Report card for TX state-level House and Senate candidates

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All state-based marijuana-policy organizations should be doing this kind of sophisticated voter guide. If you know of a non-Texas group that has done so in 2017 or 2018, could you please post links to such voter guides here? As they say here in Texas, god bless Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy, which includes such wonderful

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