Vote on the continuation of legalization in the USA postponed for the time being
For the time being, parliament is postponing the decision on national legalization.
House Democrats postponed a scheduled vote to legalize marijuana for the next week after a backlash from moderate Democrats. The law, the MORE Act, would legalize marijuana at the federal level and wipe out some marijuana-related criminal records, though it left the decision on marijuana sales to the states. In tough re-election campaigns, lawmakers wanted the House of Representatives to pass COVID-19 discharge first before deciding on marijuana legalization, according to a senior Democrat adviser. Another senior Democratic adviser said a group of moderate Democrats had told the party leadership that, given the risks at the ballot box, they wanted to focus on laws other than legalizing marijuana - and their argument convinced the party leadership. The "MORE Act" will probably only come into force after the election, according to Twoaides. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Said in a statement that parliament would pass the law "later this fall" but for now "parliament is tirelessly focused on reaching an agreement over a damaging shutdown." the government and continue its work in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic ". Congress has only a few weeks left in its scheduled session to pass a COVID-19 bill and laws so that the government can continue to receive financial support. Parliament is slated to sit until October 2, despite Pelosi promising the panel will sit until an agreement is reached on COVID-19 relief. The Senate is expected to meet until October 9th. After their departure, the two chambers are not expected to return until after election day. Pelosi and the Trump administration reached an informal agreement earlier this month that would extend state funding to current operating levels. It is still unclear how long the bills will stretch and whether other bills will be added to the funding bills. Leaders on both sides of the aisle have said they do not want to add COVID-19 aid funding to spending laws. The government will be closed on September 30th unless Congress passes a resolution and the President approves it. Hoyer, D-Md., Announced for Thursday that the House would consider a transitional law on state funding next week. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla, told reporters that government funding talks "are going quite well" on Thursday. "I don't think anyone wants to be responsible for shutting down the government on the eve of an election in the middle of a pandemic, so it's a rare burst of common sense on both sides," he said, though he admitted there was still disagreement about extending state funding until December or until February or March when a new Congress was sworn in. Cole said the spending bill could be a "vehicle" for other laws like the COVID-19 relief if all sides came to an agreement. Proponents were disappointed with the delay in marijuana legislation. Maritza Perez, director of the national affairs bureau at the Drug Policy Alliance, a group campaigning for the decriminalization of drugs, said in a statement that the delay meant "bringing justice to millions of blacks, Latinx, indigenous people and individuals We cannot continue to force these communities to wait for a 'politically favorable' moment while they continue to enjoy their employment opportunities, housing, education, low income, disproportionately affected by our country's racist marijuana laws. other government programs and even being deprived of their children or immigrant status ". An ACLU report analyzing marijuana-related arrests from 2010 to 2018 found that blacks were 3.64 times more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession.