POLITICSAug 8 · 07:42 UTCTHE HILLNathaniel Weixel

Senate tables hemp amendment at center of funding fight, allowing one-month delay of ban

A federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products will be delayed for a month after efforts to maintain the original timeline failed. The Senate voted 61-32, tabling a bipartisan amendment proposed by Sen. Ted Budd and others. This amendment had intended to strip the delay from stopgap government funding.

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