In a letter, she urges President Obama to see the project through to completion.

Abortion clearly remains a controversial social issue for Republicans, but same-sex marriage, needle-exchange programs and medical marijuana don’t seem to be attracting the same ire they once did.

Photo by julianabrint Holy medical pot smoke, Batman. Responding to news that President Barack Obama has signed the District of Columbia appropriations act that was part of that big package Congress passed earlier this month, D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray is moving to send the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative, also known as Initiative 59, to Congress for its 30-day review period. And he’s going to go ahead and do it in…

Photo by afagen Word coming down from the Hill is that the District’s annual appropriations bill has made it through conference and will include provisions lifting long-standing prohibitions on spending city funds on medical marijuana, needle-exchange programs and abortion. A summary from the Senate Appropriations Committee states: “Removing Special Restrictions on the District of Columbia: Eliminates a prohibition on the use of local tax funds for abortion, thereby putting the District in the same…