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Friday, 01/05/2018 10:43:47 AM

Friday, January 05, 2018 10:43:47 AM

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The attorney general's move brought swift condemnation from both Republicans and Democrats in Washington. National Republican Senatorial Committee head Sen. Cory Gardner, who represents Colorado, where the marijuana market is legal and thriving, blasted Sessions as a liar. "This reported action directly contradicts what Attorney General Sessions told me prior to his confirmation," Gardner tweeted. "The Justice Department has trampled on the will of the voters in CO and other states," he wrote, vowing he'll fight back: "I am prepared to take all sOn the other side of the aisle, Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon, where marijuana is also legal, blasted the president. "Trump promised to let states set their own marijuana policies," Wyden said in a statement. "Now he's breaking that promise so Jeff Sessions can pursue his extremist anti-marijuana crusade." For his part, Wyden is insisting that protecting state-legal marijuana markets must now be part of budget negotiations to avoid a government shutdown. "Any budget deal," Wyden said, "must ... prevent the federal government from intruding in state-legal, voter-supported decisions."teps necessary, including holding DOJ nominees, until the Attorney General lives up to the commitment he made to me prior to his confirmation.
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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/jeff-sessions-marijuana-reversal-brings-swift-bipartisan-condemnation-w514983