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Congress DROPS bid to let marijuana users join spy agencies after Republicans raised security concerns

  • Congress has dropped a bid that would have allowed former marijuana users to join spy agencies after a pair of Republican senators raised security concerns 
  • The Wall Street Journal on Friday identified Sens. Chuck Grassley, 89, and John Cornyn, 70, as the two lawmakers who pushed for the removal of a provision 
  • That language had been included in the annual funding bill for the nation’s intelligence agencies, which passed through committee earlier this year 
  • The top Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee expressed disappointment at the provision’s removal  

Congress has dropped a bid that would have allowed former marijuana users to join spy agencies after a pair of Republican senators raised security concerns. 

The Wall Street Journal on Friday identified Sens. Chuck Grassley, 89, and John Cornyn, 70, as the two lawmakers who pushed for the removal of a provision that prohibited agencies from disqualifying candidates based solely on prior pot use.

That language had been included in the annual funding bill for the nation’s intelligence agencies, which was passed out of the Senate Intelligence Committee unanimously…

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