[asveikau]

Are you saying it was an amendment? That it not what I get from this or any articles I've seen about it.

TFA:

> On Sunday, Senate leadership inserted a hemp-recriminalization clause into the must-pass funding bill

> ...

> Not a standalone bill. Not a debate on cannabis reform.

Seems like it wasn't a full Senate vote on a specific amendment, but the bill as a whole. I've elsewhere seen it stated as McConnell acting alone.

Edit: as I googled around, I found that Rand Paul attempted to use an amendment to remove the language, and it failed. But people vote on amendments for all sorts of strategic reasons. For example maybe they felt the amendment would kill the bill, because house and senate bills need to match, and the terms had already been negotiated.

[judahmeek]

> For example maybe they felt the amendment would kill the bill, because house and senate bills need to match, and the terms had already been negotiated.

I don't recall ever hearing of reconciliation being a deal-breaker.

Also, if Senate leadership inserted the clause, that means that it wasn't in the House's version to begin with.

[cthalupa]

Rand Paul's vote was, like, specifically for this, and the house is clamoring for the hemp stuff even less.

This is Mitch McConnell's crusade.