It has been a historic week for cannabis policy reform in Congress!
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Seven days ago, members of the House Oversight Committee overwhelmingly approved legislation preventing the federal government from discriminating against federal employment and security clearance applicants for past cannabis use.
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And earlier today, members of the Senate Banking Committee approved legislation - the SAFER Banking Act - with a strong bipartisan vote, paving the way for a Senate floor vote in the near future. Similar bills have previously been passed in the House of Representatives seven times, but this is the first time that the Senate has voted on legislation to protect cannabis consumers and licensed providers from the threat of violent robberies, while also providing access to financial services that small cannabis businesses desperately need to survive and thrive in the face of unregulated operators and massive corporate interests.
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These victories would not have happened without your help. In the last 24 hours, more than three thousand NORML followers have contacted their senators urging them to support the SAFER Banking Act. We greatly appreciate all of your support, but the fight is far from over.
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Citizen advocacy from folks like you is vital to building our momentum for substantive cannabis policy reform in the current congressional session and beyond. But we also need your financial support in order to continue to grow our efforts to end prohibition at the federal and state level. Please support NORML today so that we can work together to enact sensible cannabis policies at the federal level that will provide greater freedoms to responsible cannabis consumers.
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