Gov. Phil Murphy has been calling lawmakers over the weekend to push passage of legislation to legalize recreational cannabis in New Jersey
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was working the phones over the weekend, hoping to drum up enough support ahead of the state legislature’s scheduled vote to legalize marijuana Monday.
As of Friday afternoon, the Democratic-controlled state Senate was a few votes shy of approving the bill. The state Assembly, also controlled by Democrats, lacked the necessary votes, but that was in part because some lawmakers were reluctant to support a measure that could fail in the Senate, people familiar with the matter said.
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