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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer is backing the push to legalize adult-use cannabis in New York as the measure gains ground for potential passage in the coming days in Albany.
At the same time, Schumer raised the possibility of the bill s approval being a harbinger for easing federal marijuana policy in the future.
Schumer on Tuesday tweeted his support for the measure, which would allow for the legal sale of cannabis products and allow people to grow a limited number of marijuana plants in their homes. As a deal comes close to getting done, I urge our leaders in Albany to keep front and center the effort to repair the harm done by marijuana prohibition, Schumer said.
Retail and construction were two areas that Picente highlighted.
Picente also said the county must reach about a 70% vaccination rate to help change what upcoming summertime activities may look like.
Almost 33% percent of the Oneida County adult population has received at least one vaccine dosage, the county said Monday, quoting statistics from the New York State Department of Health’s COVID-19 vaccine tracker.
According to the tracker, 59,247 people have had their first shots, with 35,904 having completed both doses. The vaccination brand was not disclosed, though Picente has noted the majority of vaccines used in Oneida County are either Moderna or Pfizer.
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WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted unanimously to veteran government trade lawyer Katherine Tai as the first woman of color to serve as U.S. Trade Representative, putting her to work enforcing trade deals, confronting China’s trade practices and patching up ties with U.S. allies.
The rare 98-0 vote for Tai, a Yale and Harvard-educated daughter of immigrants from Taiwan, reflects support from pro-labor Democrats, traditional free-trade Republicans and China hawks from both parties.
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Katherine Tai addresses a Senate finance committee hearing to examine her nomination in February 2021.
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Find out the facts, and we will take it from there, he said.
Biden also said if Cuomo is found guilty, I think he ll probably end up being prosecuted, too.
President Joe Biden said in an exclusive interview with ABC News George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo should resign if an investigation confirms claims he committed sexual harassment. If you committed a crime, you can be prosecuted, that s true, but what President Biden said was, we should do an investigation, Cuomo said. The question to President Biden starts with, Do you think the governor should resign or do you think should there a review first? And the president said, There should be a review.