(L-R) Lux pot shop co-founder Shea Hynes, Sen. Patty Murray, and like 1/16 of WA State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti, all stumping to let pot shops use the banks. Courtesy of U.S. Senator Patty Murray’s Office
Thanks to recalcitrant Republicans and a couple power-drunk conservative Democrats in Washington D.C., Congress remains paralyzed on any issue unrelated to greasing the wheels of the war machine, building roads, and I guess shoring up the postal service. But at a press conference in Tukwila on Wednesday morning, Washington Senator Patty Murray said she saw a real path forward for the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, a long-suffering proposal that would give