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Government Reopening Hits a Snag After Rand Paul Throws a Wrench in Shutdown Deal
(dailyboulder.com)
I guess I better stock up.
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Every democrat tried to hold out to keep health insurance rates down for millions of people and the republicans refused to negotiate. Now one asshole republican refuses to cooperate until some drugs are less easy to get and they’re going to accommodate him? Really shows what republicans think of 50% of the population.
Edit: he’s trying to remove the language that would make it more difficult to sell hemp products. He’s still an asshole and the republicans still suck for ignoring half the country and entertaining one of their senators demands, but he’s right about this thing.
He wants the provision to restrict the sales removed, so less less easy to get
You've misunderstood what Rand is doing here. He wants language that restricts the sale of hemp-derived cannabinoids removed from the bill. I happen to agree with him here, hemp is practically the only thing Kentucky still has going for it.
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He is trying to save the number one job and revenue creator for Kentucky. Hemp derived cannabinoids. Where did you parrot your info from ?
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More easy
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I usually don't see eye to eye with Rand Paul, but this bill will effectively destroy the legal hemp and CBD industries in America, as well as the legal THC market. I'm with him on this one. I am very surprised there's nobody else fighting for it.
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It’ll be interesting if the Republican infighting/greed scuttles the deal and we’re left with a closed government. All the blame would come crashing down on them at that point and the Democrats could say “see, we tried to work with them but they didn’t want it”. It could tacitly save the subsidies.
But then again, never underestimate their ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Paul is holding up? or is mconell holding up adding this unnecessary bullshit in the first place.
mitch is, apparently the other commentor said mcconnel has ties to alcohol lobbies, and thier sales are declining alledgely because weed being legal.
"Delta 8"? What the fuck? Do they mean "weed"?
it's synthetic weed, Delta-8 being slightly less psycho-active than standard Delta-9 which now can also be synthesized from CBD. -I actually agree with Rand Paul on this issue even though i've had some truly awful experiences with these products. There's no real QC safety checks to ensure that not only is what they say is in there is true, but also to avoid precursor chemical contamination in the final products. Some people will point out the QR codes linking to lab reports, but I suspect they never check them because the few times I did, the lab reports were for a different product with a different name dated six months ago.... -My point is there should be some basic common sense regulation around quality but an outright ban or restriction is stupid.
You should know that there are also federally legal Delta-9 THC products that will get wrapped up in this ban, as well as probably most CBD products. Would be a huge blow to the legal hemp industry.
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A deal to end the 41-day government shutdown is running into turbulence, thanks to a single Senate objection: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
Senate Republican and Democratic leaders say they need to resolve Paul’s objection to a provision in the government funding package before they can accelerate consideration of the bill. The provision would restrict the unregulated sale of intoxicating...hemp-derived products like Delta-8 at gas stations, corner stores, or online without federal regulation.
I mean, do we really need this provision, right now? I'm not necessarily opposed to federal regulation of Delta-8 products, but can't we address that at a later date? Let's get the government open and worry about Delta-8 later.
Rand Paul agrees. He's objecting because he doesn't want the provision.
The senator wants to strip a section from the bill that would prevent the sale of hemp-derived products like Delta-8 at gas stations, corner stores, or online without federal regulation.
Paul defended his stance as part of his duty to Kentucky. “Just to be clear: I am not delaying this bill. The timing is already fixed under Senate procedure. But there is extraneous language in this package that has nothing to do with reopening the government and would harm Kentucky’s hemp farmers and small businesses,” he said in a statement posted on X. “Standing up for Kentucky jobs is part of my job,” he added.
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Mitch McConnel is the one who added that provision and Rand Paul wants it removed.
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I'll pretend karma is real to cope with more terrible news