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Natalie Fertig Profile picture
@natsfert
Sep 10, 2020 • 3 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
The House will vote on #cannabis reform soon, and the vote is a calculated risk Democrats are willing to take.

Why?

They say it shows their commitment to criminal justice reform and that the GOP Senate accomplishes squat.

My latest for @politico: politico.com/news/2020/09/0…
Reps @RepCohen and @repblumenauer told me they believe voting on the #MOREAct could put pressure on specific senate races.

“It'll become an issue that the Republicans couldn't bring it up, and then you gotta have a Democratic majority to get it to a vote,” Cohen said. Image
An big part of this gamble is election turnout. Politicians are trying not only to convince ppl to vote their team, but also just to go vote. House Dems hope if they federally legalize weed, that will incentivize Dems to vote, given its popularity. politico.com/news/2020/09/0…

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Jul 14
Hi quick media literacy on breaking news — maybe it’s helpful rn.

If you see a variances in coverage, there are many reasons for that.

1) outlets have dif. standards for how to address speculation on crime scenes (ie what to say ocurred before law enforcement confirm) 🧵 Image
2) newsrooms are scrambling on a summer Saturday and smaller newsrooms will often be slower to update because something like this has to go through multiple channels/checks and they don’t have as many bodies already online/up to speed.
3) it’s easier to add more info than to take it away/walk it back. It’s better to describe how something sounded before getting confirmation (from law enforcement, eyewitnesses, etc) than to guess exactly what happened and hope they’re right - esp. in a high stakes situation.
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Dec 3, 2023
My parents in recent yrs have taken to getting a national forest pass to cut down their own tree because tree farm prices have skyrocketed.

This year she tells me “our tree is a little bit different, we weren’t sure at first but it’s growing on us.”

The tree: Image
The permit to cut down a national forest tree is $7.

I told her she got $7 worth of tree
She says it’s elegant and likes that it’s very tall (they’ve had one this tall before since you get to pick whatever size you want in the national forest for $7)

The update with some decoration: Image
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Nov 17, 2022
🚨 Congress just passed its first marijuana bill.

@SenSchumer took the podium tonight to usher through the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, which passed by unanimous consent.

The bill passed the House in July, and now heads to Biden's desk.
The bill, which is the product of two separate medical research bills introduced by @repblumenauer and @SenFeinstein/@GrassleyPress, expands medical marijuana research and protects doctors who discuss mmj with patients.
Note: One key element of the House bill — allowing scientists to purchase and research marijuana products commonly sold in legal recreational and medical dispensaries around the country — did not make it into the final version.
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Nov 16, 2022
Really quick "how Congress works" moment: just because a bill has been introduced in Congress does not mean that it is a serious contender to be passed in any chamber.

There are **45** cannabis bills that come up in a basic search of the term in Congress.gov.
There's a bill that allows cannabis advertising.
There's a bill to clarify insurance laws for weed biz.
There's a bill to give weed biz SBA loan access.
There are -multiple- vets related weed bills.
There are -multiple- bills to federally decriminalize.
Some parts of some of these bills might sometimes get folded into something bigger -- like what Daines, Joyce, AOC, etc. are discussing with pairing the HOPE Act with the SAFE Banking Act. But they'll never pass all of those bills in any given year. Some will never pass.
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Nov 16, 2022
New #safebanking news: Sen @SteveDaines told me he is open to adding the HOPE Act as part of “safe plus” legislation that could be included in an end of the year package.

HOPE is the @RepDaveJoyce/@AOC bill that gives states $$ to expunge cannabis-related records.
“We're open to some additions to [SAFE]. I think the HOPE Act is one,” Daines said. “But if it gets bigger than that, I think we're gonna have a problem.”
Daines also told me Monday night that he had a bipartisan meeting with Schumer planned for Tuesday to discuss the path forward for SAFE.
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Nov 15, 2022
Yesterday @AOC told me that she'll be talking about her HOPE Act at today's Oversight subcommittee hearing on #cannabis. The hearing starts in any minute and will be streamed here: oversight.house.gov/legislation/he…
Ranking Member Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) just thanked Biden for his executive order looking at the scheduling of marijuana.
Raskin says this hearing is to see what can be done on cannabis in the next Congress, whichever party is in control.
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