Marijuana policy is expected to be on the forefront of policy agendas heading into the 117th Congress next week. Nevertheless, full marijuana legalization remains a tall order with such a slim majority for Democrats in Congress.  As such, it remains likely that Democrats will attempt to pass piecemeal marijuana bills that garnered bipartisan support in the prior Congress such as the SAFE Banking Act and the Marihuana Research Expansion Act.  Some pro-cannabis Senators and advocates contend that full marijuana legalization may be more likely to progress if it is part of a policing and criminal justice reform package.  Additionally, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) — who is expected to become the next chair of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee — has said in several interviews during the 116th Congress that the SAFE banking bill was something Democrats wanted to work on with Republicans.  Senator Brown added, however, that Democrats' ambitions are not limited to banking access, “We're not just going to help the banks and then not at all deal with the damage that has been caused by arrests and law enforcement,” Brown said in late 2019.