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Still left hanging are proposals to lessen penalties for drug convictions, improve women's health care and crack down on auto insurance fraud.

But that doesn't mean it will mean it will lessen penalties for private dealers who persist in the black market.

WASHINGTON -- An amendment that would make it impossible for the District of Columbia to lessen penalties for marijuana possession -- and possibly to legalize the drug -- passed Wednesday in the House Committee on Appropriations, drawing a rebuke from the District's mayor.

While the changes in the laws lessened penalties for several offenses, they also lengthened sentences for those deemed to be major drug distributors.

Joe Clark, the former prime minister, who is a member of the current Parliament and the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, recently called for lessening penalties for using marijuana.

Detractors said lessening penalties for smoking marijuana could have many unintended consequences and — despite lengthy hearings and debates — are urging a go-slow approach.

Decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana in the District of Columbia is part of a nationwide trend to lessening penalties for marijuana.

Valentine has no official appeal process, but could try -- as the Marlins' Jeff Torborg did earlier this season -- to persuade Watson to lessen his penalties.

Some D.C. Council members are crafting legislation to lessen the penalties for marijuana possession, hoping to settle the matter before outside groups petition the issue onto the ballot.

Aaron's Law is one of many new proposals that would seek to more clearly define what Congress considers hacking and lessen the penalties for breaking the law.

Harris is the author of an amendment passed Wednesday in the House Committee on Appropriations that would bar the District from spending money to enforce any laws that lessen the penalties for marijuana possession.