Vance meets with Senate GOP to help settle fight over hemp language in funding stopgap

Vice President Vance met with Senate Republicans at the Capitol Thursday to discuss how to move the Republican agenda, which has stalled in part because of a fierce intraparty fight over delaying a ban on hemp-derived intoxicating products, such as delta-8-THC.

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) invited Vance to speak to GOP colleagues at the lunch meeting he is hosting in the Mansfield Room just off the Senate floor.

Vance was met with a round of applause from GOP senators when he walked into the wood-empaneled room.

A person with knowledge of the meeting said the vice president is expected to talk about the proposal pushed by the White House to delay the implementation of a ban on hemp-derived products, such as delta-8-THC gummies and vapes, which are often sold at gas stations.

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