U.S. House Votes to Force President Obama to Crack Down on States That Have Legalized Cannabis

[babylonsister]

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U.S. House Votes to Force President Obama to Crack Down on States That Have Legalized Cannabis

March 30, 2014

by TheJointBlog


The U.S. House of Representatives voted 233 to 181 earlier this month to pass H.R. 4138, the Enforce the Law Act, a measure to force President Obama to crack down on states that have legalize cannabis. Fortunately, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the bill will be “dead on arrival” in the Senate.

Under the proposed law, the House or Senate would be authorized to sue the president for his inaction.

“The Constitution gives Congress the responsibility to write the laws and the Executive to enforce them,” says Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC), one of the bill’s sponsors. “We don’t pass suggestions. We don’t pass ideas. We pass laws. Regardless of our politics, I hope my colleagues have enough regard for our work to expect those laws would be faithfully executed.”

Not a single Republican voted against the bill, and only 5 Democrats voted in favor.

Even if the bill were to pass the Senate, President Obama ha threatened a veto as it “violates the separation of powers.”

[Scuba]

1. Why don't they vote to force him to crack down on banksters?

[babylonsister]

3. Why don't they vote for a jobs bill, or healthcare, or...the list is endless. nt

[SomethingFishy]

2. Yeah.. what happened to "States Rights"?

When a state wants to ban abortion the right wing is all over "states rights".

Obama said something today, in discussing the ACA he said "it's working, the apocalypse didn't come.. Get Over It"

He needs to be saying the same thing about weed.