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Article: REP. HINCHEY ENCOURAGED BY RECORD HOUSE SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA; VOWS TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR AMENDMENT

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July 25, 2007
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Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y. (22nd CD), issued the following news release:

Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) tonight said he was encouraged by the record support received in the House this evening for an amendment he authored that sought to protect patients who use medical marijuana in accordance with state law from federal prosecution. The congressman vowed to continue fighting for passage of his medical marijuana measure next year.

This year marked the fifth time that Hinchey and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) offered a bipartisan amendment to the spending bill that funds the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that would prohibit the agency from spending any money in its budget to ...

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