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| The House passed a bill to decriminalize marijuana. |
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It’s a slow weekend in America. President Donald J. Trump is still whining about his election loss and is now running out of time. The electoral college has rival Joe Biden at 279 electoral votes. Thereby it officially makes him the president-elect.
We already knew he was president-elect, but the official tally of electoral votes hereby makes him the “official undisputed” winner of the 2020 presidential election.
Trump still won’t concede and it’s already a drag on Republicans who want to challenge Biden in 2024. Trump has signalled he may run for president in 2024 and it will likely suck the air out of the room for Republican candidates who are considering a run or a second run in the case of Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. Or maybe a third run in the case of Mitt Romney.
Trump is heading to Valdosta, Georgia to rally for Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA). The Republicans are concerned that Trump will not rally voters. He will likely go after Gov. Brian Kemp, the Republican governor who had officially certified Biden as the winner.
He will host a large rally at the Valdosta Regional Airport. It will be at 7pm.
Let’s be clear that the rally will be considered dangerous. The state of Georgia has a high rate of coronavirus cases and these people heading to this rally are at risk of catching it.
Congress on the other hand has been rushing to pass legislation before adjourning for the closing of this session.
The House managed to pass a bill that would decriminalize marijuana. It was a landmark bill that will likely die in the Senate. As you know, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is not concerned about a “liberal gift list.” He is more concerned with trying to push for 60 votes to confirm federal judges and Supreme Court nominees now that Biden is the president.
The Senate will likely not take up the matter.
The House voted on removing marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act
The House voted on Friday on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act or titled MORE Act, which decriminalized cannabis and clears the way to erase nonviolent federal marijuana convictions.
Friday tally was mostly on party lines. Out of the 233 Democrats, 1 independent who votes as a Libertarian, only 6 voted against it. Out of the 197 members, about 158 Republicans voted against it and 5 voted for it.
15 states, two U.S. territories and Washington, DC have legalized recreational use of marijuana.
34 states, two territories have enacted medical marijuana use.
This was a good idea if we weren’t in a global pandemic. I mean can’t Congress focus on passing relief for the millions of Americans who may lose their homes, their health insurance and their lives.
Trump was likely not going to sign legislation in regards to this.
The 116th Congress was very unproductive in legislation. The Democrats lost a handful of seats thanks to the noise of the far-left. The Democrats from safe seats (i.e. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)) have single-handedly given Democrats losses in “Flyover Country.”
Even well funded Democrats like Jaime Harrison couldn’t get through the noise of the far-left and far-right. Harrison and many other Democrats were trying to take practical approaches only to be tarred to Ocasio-Cortez, Pelosi, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and the cosplay socialists.
Now with a hotly contested race in Georgia, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff don’t need distractions.
Pass legislation that helps all Americans.
We can wait for the next session of Congress to pass marijuana legalization.
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