UPDATE: THE bill passed Thursday evening 219-208.
The House began debating a bill (The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill) Thursday that dances on almost every nerve in the social conservative body politic, touching on everything from abortion to needle exchange, gay and lesbian rights, charter schools and medical marijuana.
“We strongly oppose these changes,” declares the Republican committee report. “We do not believe increasing the availability of abortions or medical marijuana will improve the District of Columbia.”
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting delegate from the District, took GOP members of Congress to task in their presumption to assert authority over D.C. home rule.
“Your lip service to local control, the time for that has run out,” she said. “We have profound disagreements on some issues, from abortion to vouchers. Go home and deal with them there. Allow us to deal with these issues in our own way as a local jurisdiction. I appreciate that the Rules Committee has indeed respected our citizenship and I demand that other members of Congress do so as well.” – The Huffington Post
So, is medical marijuana coming to the District? Stay tuned ..
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Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton I appreciate your backbone, our congressmen and senators no longer have one. They have to be told by their owners when to act like they have a spine. If it’s all the same to you ma’am, you can just keep em…
They are no longer in touch with the voters of this country. When you look at the ages of the Senate its like looking at the old Soviet Union. Remember, they were out of touch with their people as well.
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