State Lawmakers Consider Marijuana Bills

 

By Ryan Teague Beckwith June 11, 2012 – 3:37 p.m.

Bill Clark

Several dozen pro-marijuana activists calling for an end to cannabis prohibition rally in Lafayette Square. To buy this photo, go to: http://roll.cl/cqrcpix

Associated Press: “Lawmakers from Rhode Island to Colorado are mulling medical marijuana programs, pot dispensaries, decriminalization and even legalization. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia now authorize medical marijuana and 14, including neighboring Connecticut and Massachusetts, have rolled back criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of pot.”
CQ Weekly: “Although using tariffs to help U.S. manufacturers — whether it’s solar or wind energy, tires, steel or furniture — is an easy applause line for politicians, it’s far from clear that it actually helps the economy. And it might hurt. Complicated political and economic calculations come into play whenever it comes to using tariffs, that age-old economic weapon, to combat the export juggernaut from China and other foreign competitors.”
CNN: “Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who ran as a tea party favorite in her Republican presidential bid this cycle, posed outside her House office Monday with a flag widely known as a symbol for the tea party movement.”