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House Unveils $3 TRILLION Relief Bill Packed With Handouts, Vote Planned Friday - Daily Wire
And then there is this:
Anti-pot group bashes House for including cannabis banking bill in coronavirus relief
GOP can't lose all that money with their "war on drugs" just because there is a "war against the unseen enemy COVID-19."
Need to keep both wars operating and protect Big Pharma.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democrats unveiled a shocking $3 trillion relief bill, nicknamed the “HEROES Act” — the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act — Tuesday, designed to serve as a fourth coronavirus relief package, the Hill reports.
The bill, as expected, is packed with handouts to Democrat constituencies, and features an astounding $375 billion bailout for states and cities — even those whose debt problems predate the novel coronavirus and affiliated lockdowns.
Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) have placed the bill on the House’s schedule for Friday and called the House back into session. The bill is, of course, expected to pass by a slim majority but grind to a halt in the Senate, where Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has vowed to deeply investigate any massive spending bill and hold off on passing a fourth coronavirus relief package until the American economy shows signs of recovery.
The most concerning aspect of the bill is likely the handouts to states and cities, which does carry with it a provision barring states for addressing shortfalls that occurred prior to January 31, 2020, but fails to identify any vehicle by which the Federal government could judge those budget woes as worthy, leaving the door open for states to request billions.
And then there is this:
Anti-pot group bashes House for including cannabis banking bill in coronavirus relief
House Democrats' latest round of legislation for economic relief from the coronavirus pandemic released on Tuesday included a provision that would allow the financial sector to serve cannabis businesses.
The House is expected to pass the $3 trillion bill on Friday and it includes the House-passed Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would allow banks and financial institutions to work with cannabis businesses.
Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), a group opposing marijuana legalization, said in response that including this provision “makes no sense.”
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“Numerous industries have been forced to completely shut down and have made great sacrifices to comply with shutdowns and limitations on their business operations. The marijuana industry has been a painfully obvious exception to this. This industry has used its lobbying arm to force state officials to keep their storefronts open, sued leaders who shut them down, and bragged incessantly about their revenues,” CEO Kevin Sabet said in a statement.
Twenty states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are allowing medical cannabis dispensaries to remain open during the pandemic, and several allow both licensed recreational and medical cannabis dispensaries to operate.
Pelosi’s office in a statement to The Hill responded to SAM by noting that the SAFE Banking Act already passed the House overwhelmingly in September. The bill, however, faces an uphill battle in the GOP-controlled Senate.
The provision in the coronavirus relief package stated, “the purpose of this section is to increase public safety by ensuring access to financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers and reducing the amount of cash at such businesses.”
Sabet said that coronavirus relief should be for those suffering during the pandemic, not industries making money.
GOP can't lose all that money with their "war on drugs" just because there is a "war against the unseen enemy COVID-19."
Need to keep both wars operating and protect Big Pharma.