Discussion for article #223326
Welcome to generational change. Even a lot of the hard right teanuts in the class of 2010 blazed the occasional doobie in college.
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Wow. The GOP actually did something that would qualify as conservative.
I’m shocked.
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“States’ Rights” strategery.
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Not so much pro-pot or pro-business as anti-Gubmint.
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Just in case anyone was curious the Aye to No vote tally stands at: Democrats 170 - 17 Republicans 49-172.
So this wasn’t a shift in the R-party, only 22% of Republicans voted in favor of this bill.
Should also be noted that it passed by ONE vote (need 218 to pass). Also of note: The entire House leadership voted no with the exception of Boehner who did not vote. And yet they let the bill come to a vote anyway. Without a majority of their caucus supporting it.
How the hell did that happen?
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Well dang it, you just shot down my anti-Gubmint comment.
So what was the poison pill that will cause the Senate to reject it?
the ACA repealed, liberalism outlawed, and Obama rendered to Guantanamo?
Clowngress just needs to get over it, and pass both full legalization of recreational and industrial hemp, as well as gay marriage.
Stop fucking fighting the inevitable, it’s just going to cost you votes and bitter feelings.
Well, of course they’re going to phrase cast their action as “anti-gubmint,” because they have to sell it to their voters.
As always, the “states rights” language is just a pretext for an underlying policy preference.
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Thank you.
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In answer to your question, this is just one amendment on the appropriations bill funding the DoJ. Other amendments: Cut the funding for the department of Public Census and Programs by $23 million (10% cut), cut the funding for DOJ salaries by $20.5 million, cut the funding for ATF salaries by $6 million.
They completely defunded the US Global Change Research Program, which is the group that just put out the report about how climate change is currently impacting the US. They also completely defunded the US delegation to the IPCC.
They prohibited the use of funds for the DOJ to enforce the Fair Housing Act.
There’s more, but is that enough? On balance, I hope the bill fails in the Senate.
Edit: Source: Library of Congress: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/L?d113:./temp/~bdaSRUE:11-84&./temp/~bdW9Vj
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That’s more in line with public perception.
Thanks for the breakdown.
Andrew Taylor should be making a note-to-self.
jw1
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Surprising, but not shocking. And smart politics. They’re taking the issue away from Democrats, or at least they’re trying to. Dems need to step up and embrace full legalization, which a majority of the public also supports.
““Public opinion is shifting,” Rohrabacher said, noting a recent Pew Research Center that found 61 percent of Republicans support medical marijuana.”
Since when do these folks care what public opinion says?
Did they enact reasonable gun control measures when 90%+ of Americans agree with it?
Did they leave abortion up to a woman and her doctor? When 90%+ of women agree with that?
Did they enact real jobs and infrastructure improvement laws? When 90%+ of Americans agree with it?
I could go on for hours.
All while increasing military waste, uhm, spending?
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I knew there was a catch.
There’s always a catch.
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occasional? you are so generous…
“The measure now heads to the Democratic Senate.”
When it is over, can we get names, please?.. lets see who lands where on the list.
This is rehearsal for the upcoming descheduling debate that is going to pop up on the campaign trails all across the nation.
The whole rest of the bill is a poison pill. This is just the jellybean it’s hidden in.
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“Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., cited a recent Drug Enforcement Administration study that said that many in the medical marijuana movement are using it as “a means to an end,” meaning legalization for recreational use.”
duh
same can be said for the supporters of this new law… and rightly so, the hypocrisy of the whole med movement v recreation movement misconception is only perpetuated by its opponents.