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• May - June 1998
  • GOP Congressional Anti-Drug Task Force Pushing Large Anti-Drug Package Through Congress
  • U.S. House to Consider Again Drug Testing Itself
     
• March - April 1998
  • Gingrich Appoints Anti-Drug Task Force

• August 1997
  • Weld Resigns Massachusetts Governorship, Brings Confirmation Fight to Washington
  • Congress Rejects Suspension of International Anti-Drug Certification Process
     
• July 1997
  • "Compromise" Civil Forfeiture Bill Passes House Judiciary Committee
  • Community Anti-Drug Funding Act Signed by Clinton
  • Gingrich Reveals New Agenda for Social Change, Top Priority: Drug-Free by 2001
     
• January 1997
  • Rep. Gingrich Reelected House Speaker, Says Drug Issue a Priority
     
• November 1996
  • Clinton Signs Legislation Increasing Penalties for Methamphetamine and Rohypnol®
  • Welfare Reform Act Ends Assistance to Drug Law Felons
     
• Summer 1996
  • Congress Considers Legislation Targeting Rohypnol®, the "Date Rape" Drug
  • Family Privacy Protection Act May Interfere with Drug Education and Prevalence of Use Research
  • Medicinal Marijuana Organizers Lobby for House Bill
  • Secret Service Issued Passes to White House Staff with History of Drug Use
     
• May 1996
  • Legislation to Increase Methamphetamine Penalties Introduced
     
• April 1996
  • House Crime Subcommittee Holds Hearings on Marijuana Use
  • House Government Reform and Oversight Committee Condemns Clinton Anti-Drug Efforts

• February 1996
  • Congressional Republican Drug Policy Task Force Formed; Senate Committee Holds Hearings on Drug Policy
     
• May 1995
  • Bill Would Deny Tax-Exempt Status to Organizations That Promote Drug Legalization
     
• April 1995
  • Nancy Reagan and Former Drug Czar William Bennett Warn of Loss of Ground in the War on Drugs

• January 1995
  • Republicans Blast Clinton Drug Control Policy

• December 1994
  • House Crime Subcommittee Assignments After House of Representatives Gets Organized

• November 1994
  • Election 1994: What Will It Mean?

• September-October 1994
  • House Holds Hearing on National Guard Involvement in 'War on Drugs'

• July 1994
  • Drug Treatment
  • Crime Bill

• April 1993
  • In California Race, Eleven of 26 Congressional Candidates Say Drug War A Failure
  • Pharmacists Wary of Law Mandating Counseling Role

• March 1993
  • Rep. Rangel's Select Committee on Narcotics Eliminated
  • Clinton Slashes Office of National Drug Control Staff
  • Clinton Staffers Suffer From Reagan-Era Drug Policy

• February 1993
  • U.S. House Overwhelmingly Votes to Kill Select Committee on Narcotics in Cost Saving Measure