COP on the Hill – Stories from the week of June 13 and 19, 2025

COP on the Hill – Stories from the week of June 13 and 19, 2025

So much support, so little action:  I had a fruitful chat with the Legislative Director and Chief of Staff to a younger, Republican Member of the House.   Total, simple agreement on using the 10^th Amendment with marijuana.

Will this support (about 350 Members of the House would vote yes to 10th) result in a change this Congress?  Never, unless the White House pushes the STATES Act bill.  The Old Guard Republicans and Democrats oppose change…why?  No political advantage to fixing the issue.

Personal; Relapse:  I pushed my new knee too hard last week and the Doc said minimal walking for 10 days…Grr..

This Week:

02  meeting…  Grover Norquist, right of center

7078 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 08 this week

482 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … 01 this week. Nice chat in German with the ‘governor’ of the German state of Bavaria (Munich)

COP stats since inception: August 2009

403 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 0 this week

117 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 0 this week

245 interviews and reports in minor media … 0 this week –

102 Radio Interviews:  0 this week

34 major conferences attended – CPAC 2024, (3 UN drug conferences in Vienna, Austria),  LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 this week

Media:  Blaze TV {new, popular right-wing}, (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, OAN, German, Swiss, French, Spanish TV and radio) Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Grand Rapids Press + 9 other MI papers. Chicago Tribune, Honolulu Star Advertiser {foto and caption}, Reason Magazine, Reuters, Stern

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