Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and several other key Democratic senators are meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss marijuana legislation, two Senate sources have confirmed to Marijuana Moment.
Advocates and stakeholders have been closely watching for any cannabis developments after efforts to pass modest reforms stalled out in the last Congress. Now the discussions are heating back up under different political dynamics, with Republicans in control of the House.
Schumer will be meeting with Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), along with Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH), as Punchbowl News first reported.
New: @SenSchumer will meet this afternoon with Sens. @CoryBooker @SenSherrodBrown @JeffMerkley @SenJackyRosen to talk cannabis legislation, per Dem aide.@BrendanPedersen & me
— John Bresnahan (@bresreports) February 1, 2023
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) was also invited, but an aide told Marijuana Moment that he had an “an unavoidable scheduling conflict” so would be sending a senior staffer in his place.
It remains to be seen whether the senators will be discussing any particular bills or cannabis-related issues, but it seems likely that they’ll pick up where they left off last session, with a focus on the so-called SAFE
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