Make those false statements does. I think it creates an uncomfortable system. I have some real concerns about how it is played out in some states. Host what kind of tax revenues has california garnered from medical marijuana and what are the early results from colorado . Guest colorado has been fascinating to watch. The last few months we have seen taxation results released and Advocacy Groups from the beginning were talking massive tax benefits in many states looking for additional source of revenue is very appealing. In some of the states the idea of Marijuana Legalization being a cure for problems sounded very appealing. The initial estimates most of us thought were too high. The tax revenues would not be nearly as high as the Advocacy Group had implied. The results came out in colorado and the tax revenues were much higher. Suddenly we were wrong in our understanding of this. If you look closely what happened in colorado in the early after when pot was made legal there wasnt suffic
Netherlands and portugal but these two states where the first jurisdictions on earth to ever allow the commercial sale of marijuana which makes this uruguay has filed suit. Whats interesting is this is left the community and a bit of a scramble. The u. S. Government is a signatory to treaties that say you have to pursue and stop the use of Illegal Drugs including marijuana. International Narcotics Control Board has sent letters to the United States into uruguay following these legalization moves and as a watchdog Body International narcotics board doesnt have a lot of teeth. A park slope at his neverland teeth. The truth is very little the States States are not signatories to international and the federal government can pursue marijuana cues in any of the states but cant require the states use their resources to pursue marijuana grocers and growers and users. The federal government has been really quiet and has taken a backseat. If they were ever going to take a mission of Marijuana Le
Last week she told me, i got insurance because of the Affordable Care act because we dont allow under federal law now that that be done. Let me share for a a moment, if i could, a handful of letters that ive gotten from people who have written me because of the Affordable Care act. And ill just share these letters. Rachel writes from cincinnati, you since 2508, my husband and i insured ourselves through individual insurance. We had to go without insurance simply due to the incredibly high cost of insurance offered in our area. Id also been denied insurance due to a preexisting condition. All that changed since we were able to sign up via the healthcare. Gov side. Imagine my surprise when i heard that a d. C. Circuit court struck down the subsidies that people like myself receive. I receive a subsidy because Health Insurance has become so expensive that its unaffordable for some of us. I fear i will not be able to afford insurance if we lose our subsidy. Linda from Madison County just w
Vote vote the presiding officer any senator wishing to vote or wishing to change a vote . If not, on this vote the yeas are 59, the nays are 41. The 60vote threshold having not been achieved, the bill is not passed. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. The clerk nominations, the judiciary, Leslie Joyce Abrams of georgia. The presiding officer the sergeant at arms will restore order. Order in the gallery. [disruption in gallery] the presiding officer under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. The clerk nominations, the judiciary, Leslie Joyce Abrams of georgia to be United States district judge. Mark howard cohen of georgia to be United States district judge. Eleanor louise ross of georgia to be United States district judge. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will be two minu
Theres 15 different states that are seeing measurable snow falling. Its an unbelievable pattern were seeing across the lower 48. Were dealing with the cold weather right now, but this will pale in comparison to whats on the table this week. Millville, 44. Poconos at the freezing mark of 32. Ful wilmington and dover, 43. Locally were seeing cloud cover over the mid Atlantic States this afternoon all in advance of the system were watching just now pushing through the tennessee valley. That precipitation will start to increase from southwest to northeast after 7 or 8 00. The remainder of the afternoon, mostly cloudy. Yesterday we had a high of 44. Today we have a high 58 degrees. South and east could reach 50. Heres whats on the way tuesday and wednesday. The leading edge of the arctic invasion, its only 14 in omaha and 17 in wichita, windchills easily 5 to 15 degrees below zero. Ill let you know when this air mass arrives and all the changes ahead in ten minutes. Now to the latest on the