The vote in the House will mark the first time that the House or the Senate has ever voted as a full chamber on legislation to end the federal cannabis prohibition
It's a sign the Democrats are trying to get a jump start on a promise by President-elect Joe Biden to eliminate the criminal penalties for pot offenders.
Not only has federal legalization managed to garner somewhere between 60%-65% favorability over the past few years, but the support has now grown considerably.
Joe Biden did not campaign on legalizing marijuana but it is possible, maybe even likely, that the federal prohibition of marijuana ends under his watch.