There is no way that Congress is going to approach the new year with a more progressive outlook on weed. Anyone who believes 2020 is going to be the year that the marijuana movement actually moves is "cute," as the kids would say. And rest assured, McConnell’s going to keep slashing the weed agenda unless he gets voted out in November. It’s just that killing pot-related proposals is the Senate’s business and business is, well, in the immortal words of Larry David, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good. Unfortunately, Republican lawmakers in the Senate do not even appear inspired to take on marijuana as a way to secure more votes in 2020.

Source: Forbes December 17, 2019 21:22 UTC