WASHINGTON -- Legislators met on Capitol Hill Wednesday to introduce a bill that would repeal a 1998 Higher Education Act stipulation, which curently takes away federal student aid from convicted drug offenders.

Led by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., a group of lawmakers, lobbyists and student supporters of the bill gathered in the Rayburn House Office Building to discuss the pros and cons of the current ordinance.

The speakers voiced their opinions on the 1998 addendum, all returning to one main point -- the structure of the law is unfair to students in two ways:

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