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A proposal to end the federal government shutdown includes a provision by Sen. Mitch McConnell to ban intoxicating hemp products.

The measure is opposed by fellow Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who argues it would devastate the state's booming hemp industry.

McConnell's provision aims to close a 2018 legal loophole that he says has been exploited to sell intoxicating that are marketed to children.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s push to close a legal loophole that allowed intoxicating hemp products to hit the marketplace seven years ago has turned into a dividing line in the advancing effort to reopen the federal government , with fellow U.S. Sen. Rand Paul opposing his Kentucky colleague.

After a critical vote on Nov. 9, senators are moving forward with a potential pla

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