Senate Banking Committee advances marijuana financing bill

The Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking Act, known as the SAFER Act, has been advanced to the full Senate floor to be voted on. This would make it easier for marijuana businesses to access the financial system.

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50 Comments

  1. @matthewrobert2888 on December 29, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    This is so stupid, you’re gonna pass a baking act. And federally, it’s still illegal. So basically you’re gonna do entrapment on people?



  2. @jorgemarin7303 on December 29, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    About freaking time



  3. @TaylerKnox on December 29, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    California cops have been stealing money from armored cars transporting cash made in legal dispensaries. I guess that will end. Corruption everywhere. This will help end that gangster police shakedown.



  4. @user-sw3oq4hm7k on December 29, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    🎉🎉🎉



  5. @orbmanelson on December 29, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    Yes finally they are going to seize your profits legally!

    Yes I see your deposit slips, unfortunately we have no record of it¡



  6. @MichaelBrown-ny3et on December 29, 2023 at 8:57 pm

    Until the crook politicians running this country get their cut, it won’t be Federally legalized.



  7. @logicmyth on December 29, 2023 at 9:00 pm

    Well, NBC newslady, unnamed, was easy to understand. Jane Wells Handler got the memo from an angry exec – newsbit unintelligible & "exciting". banks like Wells FARgo! To get LOANS!! [buncha info that matters emote-blasting outta Jane]… then report goes: Senate committee > Senate debate > back? to House… thanks so much. Crack open Comm. book



  8. @SuperSmoker420 on December 29, 2023 at 9:00 pm

    It’s about money everything in life bro 😎



  9. @expletivedeleted on December 29, 2023 at 9:00 pm

    Cool…more corporate corruption…lol…do you ever quit?



  10. @vivavasquez on December 29, 2023 at 9:00 pm

    legalize it



  11. @plasmoidsound1111 on December 29, 2023 at 9:03 pm

    The Herb is for the healing of all
    Nations
    Read it
    In revelations
    Watch weed save the economy for the first five years , student Loan debt was the last solid % goods and basic services are not an economy it’s debt slavery



  12. @octaviotrejo5711 on December 29, 2023 at 9:04 pm

    its only illegal until government gets a cut like the mexican government lol



  13. @TA-kr1di on December 29, 2023 at 9:06 pm

    Hopefully none of the lawmakers that have imprisoned people over the herb are not allowed to partake in the legality.



  14. @AmericanGangster1 on December 29, 2023 at 9:07 pm

    CGC 🚀 🌙



  15. @volairelarp3773 on December 29, 2023 at 9:08 pm

    "We’re not gonna legalize it federally, but we want to grab some of that money out of your pockets."



  16. @robertfox_420 on December 29, 2023 at 9:09 pm

    What’s up Gromies!



  17. @MikeSmith-or4il on December 29, 2023 at 9:13 pm

    I never did like dope.



  18. @robertbrooks6167 on December 29, 2023 at 9:15 pm

    Only a matter of time – government smells big money and they want some of it



  19. @RichManhattanite11 on December 29, 2023 at 9:15 pm

    In love weed! We need more weed growers and pickers!



  20. @ann2846 on December 29, 2023 at 9:15 pm

    Hasn’t the safer act already passed the house before it went to the senate?



  21. @GrasslandsG81 on December 29, 2023 at 9:16 pm

    Another win for the banksters and their lobbyists. But on the bright side, now there are some powerful people with incentives to push for legalization…

    Either way, I’ll probably be ready to quit altogether on the day it’s legalized…



  22. @moonlightpixie9976 on December 29, 2023 at 9:18 pm

    Its inconvenient thats for sure having to go pull cash out from a ATM before going to the dispensary..



  23. @michaelpurcell9956 on December 29, 2023 at 9:18 pm

    Hey, let’s work on this instead of something important like the budget



  24. @luchagain3424 on December 29, 2023 at 9:19 pm

    This is good news, because I work in the security industry, alarms, surveillance, evacuation, and I have had customers who have been attacked, robbed, beaten, and hospitalized when taking cash from place to place. It’s dangerous and this needs to be done for safety reasons on many levels. And God bless all the sick and cancer patients in need.



  25. @raybustos4987 on December 29, 2023 at 9:19 pm

    They should just open it all because we’re not ejecting it with the syringe or breaking it down powderly, we’re given this gift from Mother Earth that we’re floating on this giant space rock in the middle of nowhere. .



  26. @Buddy_Wayne on December 29, 2023 at 9:20 pm

    America has fallen. Abominations, sorceries (Pharmakeia), witchcraft, the occultist of the devil.
    🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮



  27. @joesphreiley7757 on December 29, 2023 at 9:22 pm

    It’s a shame how slow our government works to pass a Bill, they should be ashamed of themselves.



  28. @hammyhamhamster5993 on December 29, 2023 at 9:24 pm

    {{{{{>>>>>:::Legalize cannabis federally within each and every state. This way, irrational prohibitionist politicians can’t obstruct and prevent legalization against the will of the vast majority of Americans whom support full federal cannabis legalization nationwide. Treat cannabis exactly like we treat far more dangerous and deadly yet perfectly legal alcohol. Legal in all states.:::<<<<<}}}}}



  29. @beepsarieaniiverson2424 on December 29, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    Scam! This is so the banks can make millions and billions off credit card fees. Bars, liquor stores, smoke shopped, vape shops etc have cash on site. Hire security guards. This topic is the LEAST of the problems in this democrap country. More people will be in debt over credit card purchase, interest rates, late fees….all part of the scam.



  30. @Keepitreal260 on December 29, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    Banks are already laundering money for cartels. 😅



  31. @deannealbrecht774 on December 29, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    Imagine the boost to the economy?



  32. @GullibleIgnorantGreedyIndiffer on December 29, 2023 at 9:26 pm

    I can see the RepubliCANTS using this banking bill to shut down the financial system for cannabis industry.



  33. @donduv4332 on December 29, 2023 at 9:26 pm

    10 % for the big guy 😂😂😂



  34. @JoeyFinanceWorld on December 29, 2023 at 9:28 pm

    ACB…🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀💯



  35. @SnarkyRC on December 29, 2023 at 9:29 pm

    Legalize it



  36. @Pearhead4207 on December 29, 2023 at 9:31 pm

    Great for the businessman… what about the Men and Women of this country??? FEDERALLY LEGALIZE!!!! Taxation and regulation just allow the system to continue to sink their claws into the people!!!



  37. @StrangeTimesNear on December 29, 2023 at 9:32 pm

    Just make it legal .



  38. @smileitsfreeanditwillmakes4121 on December 29, 2023 at 9:32 pm

    Giving you guys 1 grain of sugar when you want a tea spoon.



  39. @diocletianrecords1089 on December 29, 2023 at 9:40 pm

    Cannabis is a life saver.



  40. @Dlldozer on December 29, 2023 at 9:41 pm

    If u legalize it recreationally and open shops u will make that much maybe more, please do it for us people who use it medically and recreationally I use mostly as medicine I know will work right for me, Please please legalize weed recreationally please



  41. @theenlightenedexchange4817 on December 29, 2023 at 9:42 pm

    Theyre stealing it n reselling it n making the actual college people pay



  42. @Steve-wz6ef on December 29, 2023 at 9:43 pm

    People need to be released from prison.



  43. @OrangeStainCULT45 on December 29, 2023 at 9:44 pm

    Great news for banking business for marijuana! Fantastic!



  44. @vincentasks on December 29, 2023 at 9:44 pm

    Don’t you think they figured out that they have to do something quickly, as we head closer to the cashless society?



  45. @GitchaGoat on December 29, 2023 at 9:45 pm

    Tennessee needs to get on board! Come on Tennessee…what’s taking so long to legalize?



  46. @illudiumq36spacemodulator39 on December 29, 2023 at 9:47 pm

    and in other news…..the sales of the Doobie Brothers music has quadrupled overnight and the stock market has seen historic increases in the sale of snack industry stocks.



  47. @apologiamixer on December 29, 2023 at 9:47 pm

    Just what Amerika needs is more dope.



  48. @davidwerking43 on December 29, 2023 at 9:48 pm

    So this would put large US conglomerates who want to sell marijuana (and they would be large, given the cost of sending marijuana through the same regulations we give cigarettes and alcohol in) in direct competition with the cartels (who don’t do any of that) over who gets to poison the population. WOW! COOL! CANT WAIT TO GROW UP IN AMERICA!



  49. @LeSexyJames on December 29, 2023 at 9:48 pm

    Crazy how it’s still illegal smh ban alcohol



  50. @armyvaldro5489 on December 29, 2023 at 9:49 pm

    This is stupid, theres already e banking at any dispensary. They use intermediary banks to hold the cash. The bigger banks just want the fees lol. Dog and pony show 😂.