U.S. senate to consider changing Marijuana status from Class 1 to Class 2

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Class 1 : No recognized medical use, some potential for abuse.
Class 2 : Some medical use recognized, but high potential for abuse.

The bill would also prevent the federal government from shutting down state medical marijuana dispensaries.

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/9/8177969/senate-medical-marijuana

Finally, a step in the right direction on this issue by the federal government!

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

can't the Executive reschedule whatever it wants unilaterally?  I know the DEA has authority to add substances to Sched I, and they add a couple dozen every year.

Even if Obama can and wants to reschedule without congressional approval, the uproar he received over his relatively mild immigration order is probably making him hesitate on actually doing it.