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Members Of Congress Ask Treasury Secretary To Let Pot Shops Open Bank Accounts

source: http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/marijuana/congress-marijuana-banks/

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Fifteen members of congress, including a few from Southern California, recently wrote a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner requesting that he tell banks to lay off the accounts of medical marijuana dispensaries that operate in states where the drug is legal, the group Americans for Safe Access announced Monday.

The letter, whose signatories include Huntington Beach Republican Dana Rohrabacher, Van Nuys Democrat Brad Sherman and Cerritos Democrat Linda Sanchez, not to mention high-profile representatives such as Barney Frank and Ron Paul, implores Geithner to offer "written guidance for financial institutions" in their dealings with state-legal pot shops.

http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/marijuana/congress-marijuana-banks/
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