U.S. House passes bill to federally decriminalize marijuana with partisan divide
STORY: U.S. House passes bill to federally decriminalize marijuana with partisan divide
DATELINE: April 2, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:12
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY
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2. various of the U.S. Capitol
STORYLINE:
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, with a partisan divide.
The bill was approved largely along party lines, 220-204, with three Republicans joining all but two Democrats in support.
The legislation would eliminate criminal penalties for anyone who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana, and formally remove it from the federal list of controlled substances.
It would also establish procedures for expunging previous convictions from people's records while proposing a tax on the sales of cannabis products.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said on the House floor that the bill is "long overdue" but would not "undermine the ability of states to app
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