At the end of last Congress, and after tough negotiations, the Senate was close to getting this done. There is a variety of interested parties that support a form of this legislation, and that makes for a good starting point when crafting a bill that can get signed into law. 

Senate Democrats are giving marijuana banking legislation another look only weeks after it hit a wall with Republicans and was not attached to a year-end spending package. A handful of Senate Democrats met with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday to “ponder the path” to passage this Congress, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said, despite what seems to be a dead end across the Capitol with Republicans now in charge of the House.

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