420 with CNW – Congress Considers Stopping Denying Veterans Home Loans Due to Cannabis Industry Work
The House Rules Committee of Congress is going to consider an amendment this week that seeks to stop the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from denying the home loan requests of veterans who derive all or part of their income from work in state-legal marijuana industries. Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) filed the measure that, if passed, will be attached to the National Defense Authorization Act. Previously, it wasn’t known to the public and lawmakers that the VA had a policy of denying any home loan application of a veteran who worked in a marijuana company in a state where the…