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Rep. Ed Perlmutter, the top advocate in the House for cannabis-based businesses to get access to the banking system, has high hopes this year will be when Congress does something on the issue — at least if the Senate gets around to taking it up.

The House on Monday passed Perlmutter’s bill that would keep banking regulators from punishing banks and credit unions that do business with “legitimate” cannabis-related businesses THCX, +5.13%. The measure got more than 300 votes.

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