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Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007

A bill to target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.

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6/27/2007--Introduced.
Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to increase the amount of a controlled substance or mixture containing a cocaine base (i.e., crack cocain... more

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April 28, 2008 'Winter's Doctrine' on water rights still haunts the American West

Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman, the senior Republican and Democrat, respectively, from New Mexico, have brought the proposal forward in a bill, S. 1711 in ...

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February 25, 2008 Crack the Disparity: Call the US Senate Now

Please take a few minutes to call your two US Senators and urge them to “eliminate the crack/powder disparity by supporting S. 1711, The Drug Sentencing ...

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Source: Drug Policy Alliance, DC


February 13, 2008 Senator Biden Calls for an End to Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing ...

Biden urged his colleagues to support his legislation, S. 1711, the Drug Sentencing Reform & Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act, which would completely ...

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December 18, 2008 UPDATE: VA TO REPAY WIDOWS BUT NOT WITH INTEREST -- VA's repayment ...

The bill was S. 1711 sec. 506 (use Thomas here... http://thomas.loc.gov/ ). So, for 12 years the VA has been demanding repayment from those who received a "last month" check. Background with backlinks here. ...

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Source: VA NEWS FLASH -- from Larry Scott of VA...


December 17, 2008 US: Uncertain Future for Criminal Justice Reform « Pesky Emotional ...

The site cites bills introduced by Biden and cosponsored by Obama, such as the Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007 (S. 1711), which aimed to “eliminate the 100 to 1 quantity-based sentencing disparity ...

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November 27, 2008 End the Crack-Powder Disparity! « Pure Common Sense

There is a previous resolution which was introduced by Joe Biden – creator of the Drug Czar position and Vice President-Elect of the United States – which is S. 1711, the Drug Sentencing Reform and Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007. ...

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