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House votes to decriminalize marijuana, but Senate fate dim

FILE- A cannibis plant that is close to harvest grows in a grow room at the Greenleaf Medical Cannabis facility in Richmond, Va., June 17, 2021. Marijuana would be decriminalized at the federal level under legislation that the House approved on Friday, April 1, 2022, as Democrats made the case for allowing states to set their own policies on pot. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

The Capitol is seen in Washington, early Friday, April 1, 2022, where the House is expected to pass a bill today to legalize marijuana nationwide. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FILE - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks to members of the media during a news conference in Washington, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. A bill decriminalizing marijuana has passed the U.S. House. Democratic lawmakers said the nation's federal prohibition on marijuana has had particularly devastating consequences for minority communities. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

House votes to decriminalize marijuana, but Senate fate dim