The U.S. Senate voted to end the longest government shutdown in American history by advancing a funding package that includes a controversial provision banning many hemp-derived intoxicating products — a move critics warn could roll back progress in the nation’s cannabis industry by a decade.

The bill, which passed the Senate 60–40 on Nov. 10 must still clear the House before the government can reopen.

But buried in the 141-page appropriations package is language that could reshape — or dismantle — the $28 billion hemp-derived cannabinoid sector that emerged after Congress legalized hemp in 2018.

A bipartisan success turned bargaining chip

When Congress passed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, known as the Farm Bill , it legalized hemp and classified it differently than feder

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