House Democrats Reintroduce MORE Act as Trump Mulls Cannabis Rescheduling

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler and fellow Democrats—including Dina Titus, Ilhan Omar and Nydia Velázquez—reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act on Friday. The legislation would remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, expunge certain federal convictions and create programs aimed at communities disproportionately harmed by past enforcement. The push for full legalization arrives as President Donald Trump weighs whether to move marijuana to Schedule III, a step that would acknowledge medical use but keep non-medical sales illegal under federal law. Supporters argue rescheduling would unlock tax deductions currently denied to the industry, while critics say it could trigger new federal controls on production and distribution. Opposition surfaced the same day from nine Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Pete Sessions, who asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to reject rescheduling. They warned the change would ‘send a message to kids that marijuana is not harmful’ and hand billions in tax breaks to what they called ‘Big Marijuana’ and foreign cartels, underscoring the widening partisan divide over federal cannabis policy.