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      'More of This!' Merkley Leads Senate Demand for Separate Vote on Manchin Deal

      "Thank you to these senators for their solidarity with frontline communities against more fossil fuel pollution!" said one activist.

      Jessica Corbett
      Sep 22, 2022

      Environmental justice campaigners on Thursday welcomed a letter from eight senators demanding separate votes on a government funding resolution and Sen. Joe Manchin's fossil fuel-friendly federal permitting bill.

      "Such important issues should be examined through detailed committee consideration and a robust floor debate separate from the urgent need to see that the government stays open."

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      Marijuana Justice Coalition Applauds 'Long Overdue' Senate Legalization Bill

      "The official introduction of this bill to finally end the policy nightmare of federal marijuana prohibition is the culmination of unprecedented leadership in the Senate and engagement with stakeholders across the political spectrum," said NORML's political director.

      Jessica Corbett
      Jul 21, 2022

      Cannabis policy reform campaigners across the United States on Thursday celebrated Senate Democrats' long-awaited introduction of legislation to legalize marijuana nationwide and begin addressing the harms of the decadeslong war on drugs.

      "The CAOA would help fuel job growth and increase opportunity for communities most harmed by our country's criminalization of marijuana."

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      Nine Senators Urge Biden to 'Act Boldly' and Declare Climate Emergency

      "Aggressively use your executive powers to address the climate crisis, create good-paying union jobs in the United States, and liberate hard-working American families from volatile energy prices."

      Jessica Corbett
      Jul 20, 2022

      Just before U.S. President Joe Biden's speech at a shuttered coal plant, nine U.S. senators on Wednesday demanded that he stop weighing his options and urgently declare a climate emergency.

      "Declare this crisis the national emergency that it is."

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