Senate OKs Anti-Drug Plan, 97-2
WASHINGTON —
The Senate voted overwhelmingly for a bipartisan $9.4-billion anti-drug package today, with leaders of both parties saying their two weeks of contentious bargaining had produced an effective and needed plan.
“This is the first step,” Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), his party’s chief negotiator during the just-concluded talks, said before the 97-2 vote. “Weak shots across the bow will not cripple the garbage scow of drug violence and drug dependency.”
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