Senate tables hemp amendment at center of funding fight, allowing one-month delay of ban

A federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products is set to be delayed for a month after a last-minute effort to keep the original timeline failed.  The Senate voted 61-32 to table a bipartisan amendment from Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and about a dozen other senators to strip the delay from a stopgap government funding…

A White House effort to delay a ban on intoxicating hemp was holding up a final agreement on a bipartisan spending bill ahead of a monthlong Senate recess.

August 06, 2026 11:17 AM ET A bipartisan push to stop a delay in banning hemp THC products could prevent a continuing resolution (CR) from passing in the Senate. The Senate’s version of the CR would delay a hemp ban set to take place on Nov. 12 and push the effective date to Dec. 11. Republican North Carolina Sen. Ted