The fate of a bill that would allow U.S. banks to open accounts for marijuana dispensaries says a lot about the odds of the current Congress significantly loosening restrictions on the drug.

The comparatively narrow proposal has yet to get a floor vote even in the Democrat-controlled House, despite broad support among members of the party that regained control of the chamber in 2018.

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