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Who? Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — Senate Minority Leader LISTEN: Laslo & McConnell Ask a Pol asks: Do you oppose SAFER Banking Act? McConnell: Silence. Play the Tape: “Unrelated nonsense, like easier financing for illegal drugs, was kept out,” McConnell quietly exclaimed from the Senate floor in 2022 when he blocked the then-SAFE Banking Act from being tacked onto the National Defense Authorizati...

SCROLL DOWN to LISTEN for FREE! Who? Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) LISTEN: Laslo & Whitehouse Ask a Pol asks: What do you make of the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana? Key Whitehouse:  “I think that they're watching it be legalized in a lot of states which sort of runs counter to having it be seen by them as one of the most dangerous drugs,” Sen. Sheldon Whit...

Who? Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) LISTEN: Laslo & Hoeven Ask a Pol asks: Any thoughts on the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — rescheduling cannabis on their own? Key Hoeven:  “I think it's up to Congress to make any changes there, and obviously we haven’t,” Sen. John Hoeven exclusively told Ask a Pol .  ICYMI — Ask a Pol exclusvies with entire US Senate Caught our ear per SAFER Banking: “What's...

STARTUP WOES: D*mmit. We thought we published this months ago. Apologies for delay. Who? Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) LISTEN: Laslo & Gillibrand Ask a Pol asks: How’d your bipartisan Gillibrand-Lummis stablecoin bill get blocked from being included as part of the FAA re-authorization? Key Gillibrand: “We were hoping to have it be added but there was considerable back-and-forth concerning the SAF...

Who? Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) LISTEN: Laslo & Fischer Ask a Pol asks: Would you support the SAFER Banking Act or have you not looked at it yet? Key Fischer:   “I haven't seen it,” Sen. Fischer exclusively told Ask a Pol . IVYMI — Catch Ask a Pol ’s exclusives w/ all 100 Senators Caught our ear: Do you have any thoughts on the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana? “...

Who? Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) LISTEN: Laslo & Capito Ask a Pol asks: Do you know your position on SAFER Banking? Key Capito:  “No, I don’t. Is it coming up?” Sen. Capito exclusively told Ask a Pol . “I haven’t…” ICYMI — Find your senator’s position on cannabis Caught our ear: “I'll wait till it comes up,” Capito told us.  Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview wit...

Who? Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) LISTEN: Laslo & Welch Ask a Pol asks: Do you have any thoughts on the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana? Key Welch:   “I'm in favor,” Sen. Peter Welch exclusively told Ask a Pol . “Everybody knows the War on Drugs was way overbroad when it came to marijuana, and it did a lot of harm, and hard to see what good it did. And the oversch...

Who? Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) LISTEN: Laslo & Ernst (6-5-2024) Ask a Pol asks: What is your position on the SAFER Banking Act? Key Ernst:  “Not really in favor,” Sen. Joni Ernst exclusively told Ask a Pol . “So I’d have to sit down and sort through it … so many groups have come and spoken to me about it.” Caught our ear: “But I do not want to encourage [use],” Ernst told us. “I am not in favor of le...

Who? Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) LISTEN: Laslo & Heinrich (& Sen. Susan Collins) Ask a Pol asks: What is your position on the SAFER Banking Act? Key Heinrich:  “But you need certainty in those kinds of financial situations,” Sen. Martin Heinrich exclusively told Ask a Pol . “That’s what we ought to be providing.” We can’t keep hounding all 100 US senators on cannabis without your support! ICYMI —...

LAZ: I DIDN’T HEAR HIM RESPONDING, DID HE IGNORE YOU OR I JUST DON’T HEAR IT? I LEFT THE ‘Key Schumer:’ PART EMPTY IN CASE I MISSED IT* *note from intern…they heard correctly… Who? Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — Senate Majority Leader LISTEN: Laslo & Schumer Ask a Pol asks: When will we see SAFER Banking Act? Key Schumer:   Silence. Sen. Chuck Schumer refused to answer Ask a Pol . ICYMI — Ask a Pol e...

Who? Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)  Bonus! Throughout the 118th Congress, Ask a Pol ’s Matt Laslo has repeatedly asked Sen. Ed Markey about the SAFER Banking Act — which would protect his state’s recreational marijuana marketplace — but the senator never had an answer as to whether he supports it or even knows what it is. Scroll down to listen to two of those exclusives for FREE. Transcripts at bottom. LI...

Who? Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) LISTEN: Laslo & Collins (& Heinrich) Ask a Pol asks: Are you still supportive of the SAFER Banking Act? Key Collins: “I am,” Sen. Susan Collins exclusively told Ask a Pol . ICYMI — New #2: Senate GOP Whip anti-marijuana Caught our ear: “Though I still have reservations,” Collins told us. Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Susan...

Who? Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) LISTEN: Laslo & Tuberville Ask a Pol asks: What do you think about the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana? Key Tuberville:   “That's wrong,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville exclusively told Ask a Pol . ICYMI — Biden ally, Sen. Carper not on board w/ SAFER Caught our ear:   “It needs to go through this building,” Tuberville told us while w...

Who? Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) LISTEN: Laslo & Cruz I (5-23-2024) Ask a Pol asks: What do you think of the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving on marijuana without an act of Congress? Key Cruz on DEA:  “I think the Biden administration behaves like unaccountable executives with a disregard for the Constitution,” Sen. Ted Cruz exclusively told Ask a Pol .  Ask a Pol drugs is a reader-supporte...

Who? Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) — Senate Judiciary Committee LISTEN: Laslo & Grassley Ask a Pol asks: What do you think about the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana? Key Grassley:  “That'd be bad because recreational marijuana leads to other high drug — hard drugs,” Sen. Chuck Grassley exclusively told Ask a Pol .  Subscribe for FREE & our latest hits your inbox...

Who? Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) — Senate Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs Committee LISTEN: Laslo & Warner Ask a Pol asks: What do you think about the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana? Key Warner:   “The idea that the federal government still classifies it as a drug similar to heroin, doesn't seem to make much sense to me,” Sen. Mark Warner exclusively told Ask a...

Who? Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) LISTEN: Laslo & Hassan Ask a Pol asks: What is your position on the SAFER Banking Act? Key Hassan:  “I'm still getting a lot of feedback from constituents,” Sen. Maggie Hassan exclusively told Ask a Pol .  ICYMI — Ask a Pol ’s exclusives w/ all 100 US senators Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), slightly ed...

Who? Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) — Senate Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs Committee LISTEN: Laslo & Smith Ask a Pol asks: What do you think about the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana? Key Smith:   “I think that's a very good move,” Sen. Tina Smith exclusively told Ask a Pol . ICYMI — Ask a Pol exclusive w/ a Republican doctor Support SAFER Banking? “Yeah,” Smith to...

Who? Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) LISTEN: Laslo & Kennedy Ask a Pol asks: Does DEA rescheduling complicate SAFER Banking? Key Kennedy: ”Well, sure,” Sen. John Kennedy exclusively told Ask a Pol . “The way the Feds have it set up complicates banking, but that's not the issue. The issue is to make good social policy, to make legal marijuana that has 10 times more THC in it than it did when I was growing...

Who? Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)  LISTEN: Laslo & Moran Ask a Pol asks: What are your thoughts on SAFER Banking Act? Key Moran:  “I know it's out there — my bankers talk to me about it — but no,” Sen. Jerry Moran exclusively told Ask a Pol .  ICYMI — Exclusive w/ Secretary of State nominee Caught our ear: “I’ll wait til I have to make a decision,” Moran told us. Below find a rough transcript of Ask a...

Who? Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)  LISTEN: Laslo & Blumenthal Ask a Pol asks: What are your thoughts on the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana on its own? Key Blumenthal:  “I think they are reflecting the general views of a lot of people, as well as scientific opinion,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal exclusively told Ask a Pol .  SAFER Banking? “I'm in favor of the S...

Who? Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) — Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee LISTEN: Laslo & Tillis Ask a Pol asks: Would you support SAFER Banking Act right now? “No, because I think if we do that, it puts us further away from a comprehensive framework” Sen. Thom Tillis exclusively told Ask a Pol . Rescheduling? What do you think about the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to res...

Who? Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) LISTEN: Laslo & Carper Ask a Pol asks: What are your thoughts on the SAFER Banking Act? Key Carper:  “I don't know that it's imperative that we have a federal policy. But we have 50 states, they all have their own banking laws,” Sen. Tom Carper exclusively told Ask a Pol . “And in Delaware, they've actually reacted to meet what they think is a legitimate banking need.”...

Who? Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)  LISTEN: Laslo & Hyde-Smith Ask a Pol asks: What do you think about the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana? Key Hyde-Smith:  “I don't do the hallway interviews,” Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith told Ask a Pol .  Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), slightly edited for clarity....

Who? Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) — Nominee, Secretary of State LISTEN: Laslo & Rubio Ask a Pol asks: What do you think about the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana? Key Rubio:   “We’re learning now that marijuana has as much negative impact on health as tobacco smoke does,” Sen. Marco Rubio exclusively told Ask a Pol . Caught our ear:   “Oh wow, I’m glad to learn th...