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For the past month, this column has focused on the federal legalization of marijuana, which continues to be at the forefront of lawmakers’ agenda. A few days following my most-recent article, a 163-page discussion draft legislation intended to end the decades-long federal marijuana prohibition was unveiled by its lead sponsors, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ). Here is a 30-page summary of the discussion draft for those of you who prefer CliffsNotes.
The draft bill, formally known as the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), was introduced “to spur a robust conversation among stakeholders” to inform members of Congress as they craft the final legislative proposal.
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‘This is our Selma moment,’ clergy leaders announce on eve of 27-mile voting rights march in Texas
The Rev. William J. Barber II will lead clergy and laypeople on a four-day, 27-mile march from Georgetown to Austin, Texas, to protest the rollback of voting rights and demand federal action.
By Yonat Shimron
Posted 12 hours ago
The Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, addresses a crowd outside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2020. Photo: Jack Jenkins/RNS
[Religion News Service] Fifty-six years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands of clergy and laypeople on a 54-mile voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, the state capital of Alabama.