Barbara Lee

Incumbent Sen. Laphonza Butler (R-Calif.) has announced she will not run for a full term in 2024. Appointed by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, Sen. Butler filled the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s term. Her decision not to run brings renewed attention to Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Katie ...

The sudden demise of Sen. Dianne Feinstein has left a political void in Washington with supporters of Congresswoman Barbara Lee mounting pressure on Governor Gavin Newsom to assign her to the vacant interim Senate seat. When Kamala Harris assumed the vice presidency, Newsom awarded her Senate seat...

Not a single drug policy amendment proposed by a group of bipartisan lawmakers as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed on Thursday, reported Marijuana Moment. Republican leadership in the House Rules Committee declined to enable any of them to...

This article, written by NORML, appears here with permission. The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act has been reintroduced in both chambers of Congress. The legislation, introduced in the Senate by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and in the House of Representatives by Congressional Cannabis...