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(Office of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.))  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) together with Sen. Merkley (D-Ore.), Sen. Markey (D- Mass.) and Rep. Barragan (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to close tax loopholes and eliminate other federal subsidies for the oil, gas, and coal industries. Right now, American taxpayers are on the hook for about $15 billion in direct federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. In 2019 alone, the oil, gas, and coal companies that receive these handouts spent $190 million lobbying Congress – for an over 11,000 percent return on investment...

Recreational use. a new article in the national memo takes a close look at this issue. joining me is the editor-in-chief, joe. good to see you, joe. >> good to see you. >> early blumenauer and jared polis have put this bill forth. what would it do? >> it would change it from a problem hib tif substance to the bureau of alcohol and marijuana. so it would change the status of marijuana and allow any state that wanted to legalize it either for medicinal or recreational use to do so and not have the federal government try to stop that. >> i was surprised, i think it was a month or so ago, there wa...