Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he is working on legislation to legalize marijuana, suggesting that by next year, “our country will have made progress in addressing the massive overcriminalization of marijuana.”
Schumer, a New York Democrat, did not indicate that the Senate would vote to legalize marijuana. It would require at least 10 GOP votes to beat back a filibuster.
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