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Politico reports:
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters on Wednesday he would support allowing Washington D.C. to tax and regulate legalized marijuana “if that is what the city wants.” The comments came after a meeting with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser largely centered around rising crime concerns in the nation’s capital. However, the rhetoric is significant as congressional Republicans have insisted on a rider to spending bills in recent years barring the city from legalizing recreational marijuana sales.
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News, D.C. metro edition: “House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters on Wednesday he would support allowing Washington D.C. to tax and regulate legalized marijuana ‘if that is what the city wants.'” https://t.co/9nQEX44z55
— Anthony Adragna (@AnthonyAdragna) December 6, 2023
News: After Bowser met w/ House Oversight this morning on crime, Chairman Comer said he is supportive of allowing D.C. to tax and regulate marijuana “if that is what the city wants.” That’s significant given GOP budget rider has for years prohibited this. Said he will take a look
— Meagan Flynn (@Meagan_Flynn) December 6, 2023
DC voters made their voices clear; marijuana should be legal for adult use. @SenSchumer, @SenatorLeahy, @SenShelby, @ChrisVanHollen, @SenHydeSmith remove the Congressional budget rider that prohibits DC from establishing a regulatory framework for the sale and taxation of weed. pic.twitter.com/qPo7Jq8jL1
— Brian Pacheco (@BryanPacheco) June 9, 2021