Jacky Rosen

Cannabis legalization continues to gain momentum across the U.S., with states like Minnesota, Delaware and Ohio embracing recreational in 2023 and 2024, while Florida prepares to vote on a similar measure in November. Despite widespread public support and state-level reforms, the Senate remains a...

Senators Fight For Cannabis Industry Access To Federal Small Business Administration Financing A group of Democratic Senators is urging the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to level the playing field for the state-legal marijuana industry by adding to the Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and...

Tuesday's news that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug blew the industry and sent cannabis stocks high in the sky. And, while the move was generally praised by the majority of industry experts some ...

Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is urging lawmakers to support commonsense cannabis reforms. In a recent video, she used her home state as an example of successful and economically beneficial cannabis programs. "Did you know that more than three-quarters of states across the country have decriminalized...

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined Brian Sullivan on CNBC’s Last Call one day after the Senate committee approved the marijuana banking measure. He shared why he voted in favor of the bill, even though he doesn’t...

Senator Pushes To Amend Marijuana Banking Bill To Offer Access To SBA Services As cannabis banking reform awaits further legislative action in Congress, a Democratic U.S. Senate member seeks to allow cannabis businesses to utilize the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) services,...

The top Senate Democrat continues to push for federal marijuana reform. Following a meeting with a group of fellow Democratic senators to discuss the path that would push cannabis legislation toward approval in the new Congress, Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) convened with several GOP...

Senate Democrats are not giving up on marijuana banking reform. Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) met Wednesday with several other Democratic senators to “ponder the path” that would push cannabis legislation toward approval in this Congress...

U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the Fair Access for Cannabis Small Business Act last week, which seeks to enable legal cannabis businesses to access Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. The SBA, currently, doesn’t allow marijuana-involved small businesses to...

Will there be an omnibus cannabis legalization bill enacted this year in the U.S.?  According to recent discussions, anything is possible. On the heels of a recent discussion between Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and GOP House Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) on possible...

Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev) sent a letter recently urging the appropriations committee to provide licensed marijuana businesses with access to Small Business Administration loans, reported Nevada Appeal.  Cannabis companies are currently banned from accessing SBA...

About a quarter of voting members of the U.S. House have joined forces to urge congressional leaders to enact marijuana banking provisions into law as part of the large-scale manufacturing bill - America COMPETES Act. The group of 24 senators from both sides of the aisle have lined up...