The U.S. House of Representatives, on pretty much a party-line vote, has once again approved a bill that would decriminalize marijuana under federal law, establish a process to expunge convictions for marijuana-related offenses, and impose a federal tax on marijuana products sold at the state level, among other things.
The so-called Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act was passed on April 1 by a vote of 220 – 204, with all but two Democrats voting in favor and all but three Republicans opposed. Nearly identical legislation was passed on party lines by the House in the last Congress, but was never considered by the U.S. Senate. And while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Senate Democrats have expressed their desire to move a marijuana decriminalization bill in that body, the prospects are not very good unless it garners Republican support.
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