Congress's Double-Edged Marijuanna Stance

Henry Jones
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Article link
"Congress’s Double-Edged Marijuana Stance." The New York Times. The New York Times, 10 Dec. 2014. Web. 16 Dec. 2014.

Central Claim:
The editorials central claim is that congress has been moving forward on the road to legalize marijuana passing a law that essentially legalized weed medically on a federal level, only applying to states with medical marijuana already. However, when a recreational marijuana was voted into law by referendum, passed by a large majority of D.C. residents. The senate voted to veto the law. The politicians need to stick with one direction on the marijuana legalization movement, for or against.
Significant Piece of Evidence:
The author quoted the law that passed pro-legalization, and statistics and quotes from the legalization law that was vetoed. 
Opinion:
I agree with the claim, It doesn't make sense that they should pass only one of these laws. Congress should pick a side and stick with it, however slow or fast they need to move towards or away from legalization at A rate. Standing still on this issue just doesn't make sense.