Nevada Rep. Dina Titus vowed to fight for veterans’ access to marijuana.

A push to give military veterans access to medical marijuana was shot down this month by Congress, but U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., vowed the fight is far from over.

Titus, a staunch supporter of medicinal cannabis, said she believes the move last week was a concession to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who wants a federal crackdown on marijuana despite the trend of states legalizing or decriminalizing the drug.

But momentum to open access to the drug to veterans halted when the House Rules Committee blocked the bipartisan “Veterans Equal Access” amendment from being attached to the Veterans Affairs funding bill.

“When you can keep something that is supported by the majority off the agenda, that’s hardly a democratic way to make policy,” Titus, who co-sponsored the bill, said.

Titus said it seemed like the Republicans who blocked the amendment were worried about Sessions, who in June asked Congress to let him use federal funds to crackdown on medical marijuana. His request was denied on Thursday.

“They know that Sessions is really tough on drugs,” Titus said, referring to the House committee.

The VA and pot

The American Legion, one of the largest veterans organizations with 2.4 million members, called on Congress in September to remove marijuana from the Schedule 1 list and “recognize cannabis as a drug with potential medical value.” Even Veterans Affairs Secretary David