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Introduced by Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Democratic Congressman Sam Farr, both of California, the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment will prohibit federal funding for the Department of Justice's prevention of state-implemented medical marijuana programs. The bipartisan amendment also passed in 2014 but was set to expire in September and needed re-approval to prevail, which it gained by a 242-186 vote.
"We have limited tax dollars here, we're cutting veteran's benefits, we're cutting down on people who need help," Congressman Rohrabacher said Tuesday during a speech on the House Floor. "But then we're spending it on trying to put in jail someone who is smoking marijuana in their backyard."
Rohrabacher's amendment, attached to H.R. 2578 — the 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies...
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