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Marijuana banking bill gets pushback from Colorado’s Buck, Lamborn

Twelve members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including two from Colorado, are publicly pushing back against a federal bill that would give legal cannabis businesses access to banking services.

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U.S. House passes bill giving pot businesses access to banking

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would grant legal marijuana businesses access to banking, a measure that would clear up a longstanding headache for the industry.

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18 bipartisan senators, led by Bennet and Gardner, want protections for marijuana laws added to funding legislation

Precise language in the fiscal year 2018 appropriations can alleviate the turbulence U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions threw into the legal cannabis industry when he rescinded the so-called Cole Memo, 18 senators said in a letter sent to Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran.

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Polis, Buck butt heads on spending bill amendment to protect state-legal marijuana

Colorado Reps. Jared Polis and Ken Buck butted heads in a House Rules Committee meeting over a proposed federal amendment protecting state-legal marijuana.

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66 Congress members call for extending protection for medical marijuana states

The letter, signed by 66 members of Congress, called for extending the “Rohrabacher-Blumenauer” appropriations bill provision that protects medical marijuana states from the DOJ.

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