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Strange bedfellows Coffman, DeGette fight feds’ marijuana meddling
It’s a marriage made over marijuana; specifically, Colorado voters’ decision to legalize it in 2012, and the federal government’s seeming inability to accept it. Colorado U.S. Reps. Mike Coffman, the Aurora Republican, and Diana DeGette, the Denver Democrat, are again joining forces to push back at Donald Trump over pot just as they did against Barack Obama, reports Denverite’s…
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Risky business: Perlmutter bill would give marijuana ventures access to banking system
Serving marijuana ventures can prove to be risky business for banks, but new federal legislation sponsored by a Colorado Democrat who has his eye on the governorship seeks to remedy that. U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat from Arvada, introduced the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act) last week, which would protect financial institutions…


