Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said in a recent interview that if Democrats retake control of the U.S. Senate, he would prioritize advancing cannabis legalization legislation.  Minority Leader Schumer’s legislation, the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity (MORE) Act, was first introduced in 2018 and was refiled last year with a House companion version.  If Minority Leader Schumer is reinstalled as Senate Majority Leader in the 117th Congress, the top Democrat said he “will put this bill in play,” adding “I think we’ll have a good chance to pass it.”  Minority Leader Schumer also reiterated that, in order to legalize at the federal level, voters need to put Democrats back in control of Congress.  While RCRC has NOT advocated for cannabis legalization at the federal level, it does continue to request Congress to revise the federal banking laws so that states that have sanctioned the use of cannabis can have effective tools for their respective regulatory structures.