Prominent CDA member Gerd Leers spoke out against him: cannabis users who now cause no trouble would be viewed as criminals if an outright ban was to be implemented.

The Communications Decency Act of 1996 ( CDA ) was the first notable attempt by the United States Congress to regulate pornographic material on the Internet.

The amendment that became the CDA was added to the Telecommunications Act in the Senate by an 84 – 16 vote on June 14, 1995.

The CDA remained the largest party, but it was forced to co-operate with the PvdA and D66 ( the PPR had left the alliance, after losing the 1977 elections ).

In the 2003 elections, Wouter Bos managed to regain almost all seats lost in the previous election, and the PvdA was once again the second largest party of the Netherlands, only slightly smaller than the CDA.

Instead, the PvdA was kept out of government by the formation of cabinet of the CDA, the VVD, and D66, the latter being former allies of PvdA.

Although he was already in contact with the Livable Netherlands ( LN ) party, he initially also considered running for the CDA or creating his own list.

In the election campaign he made clear the CDA was a centrist party, that would not lean to the left or to the right.

On 11 October 1980, the three original parties ceased to exist and the CDA was founded as a unitary party.

After the 1981 general election, the VVD and the CDA had lost their majority, and the CDA was forced to cooperate with the PvdA.

After the 1982 general election, a CDA / VVD first Lubbers cabinet was supported by a majority in parliament.

The CDA was forced to cooperate with the PvdA.

Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns ( August 28, 1911 – July 17, 2002 ) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party ( KVP ) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ).

Barend Willem Biesheuvel ( April 5, 1920-April 29, 2001 ) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti Revolutionary Party ( ARP ) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ).

Jelle Zijlstra (; August 27, 1918 – December 23, 2001 ) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti Revolutionary Party ( ARP ) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ).

Jozef Maria Laurens Theo " Jo " Cals ( July 18, 1914 – December 30, 1971 ) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party ( KVP ) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ).

Some prominent anti-revolutionaries, like Aantjes did not agree the CDA / VVD cabinet that was formed after the elections, and wanted to continue with the PvdA, however they supported the cabinet politically.

He was appointed by the crown in January 2007 to replace Arend ten Oever ( CDA ), after consultation with the citizens of Ommen.

In March / April 2006, a coalition was formed of VVD, CDA and PvdA / GroenLinks.

In the 1989 election the party won another three seats, making a total of twelve, and it was asked to join the formation talks of a CDA / PvdA / D66 cabinet.

After long formation talks between CDA and PvdA failed, a second Balkenende cabinet was formed, comprising CDA, VVD and D66 parties.

The Conservative Democratic Alliance ( CDA ) was a United Kingdom pressure group.

This would be a cabinet of CDA and VVD with a minority of seats in parliament, which would have to seek support from one or more opposition parties for every decision.

Between 1997 and 2001, he was the leader of the CDA delegation in the House of Representatives, at a time when the CDA was in opposition.

In the 2006-2007 cabinet formation the SP was unable to work out its policy differences with the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ), the largest party and SP remained in opposition against the fourth Balkenende cabinet, which comprised the CDA, PvdA and ChristianUnion parties.

The CDA once again became a coalition party after eight years in opposition ( 1994 – 2002 ) in a government which, however, became the shortest-ruling Dutch cabinet since the Second World War, lasting less than five months.

The major opposition party, CDA, uncomfortable in its opposition role, also lost seats.

By allowing possession and retail sales of cannabis, but not cultivation or wholesale, the government creates numerous problems of crime and public safety, he alleges, and therefore he would like to switch to either legalising and regulating production, or to the full repression that his party ( CDA ) officially advocates.

In November 2008, Pieter van Geel, the leader of the CDA ( Christian Democrats ) in the Dutch parliament, called for a ban on the cafes where marijuana is sold.

The CDA had the support of its smaller coalition partner, the CU ( ChristenUnie ), but the third party in government, PvdA ( Labour ), opposed.

A non-disclosure agreement ( NDA ), also known as a confidentiality agreement ( CA ), confidential disclosure agreement ( CDA ), proprietary information agreement ( PIA ), or secrecy agreement, is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to or by third parties.

The CDA, which affected the Internet and cable television, marked the first attempt to expand regulation to these new media.

In Philadelphia on June 12, 1996, a panel of federal judges blocked part of the CDA, saying it would infringe upon the free speech rights of adults.

The next month, another US federal court in New York struck down the portion of the CDA intended to protect children from indecent speech as too broad.

In 2003, Congress amended the CDA to remove the indecency provisions struck down in Reno v. ACLU.

Congress has made two narrower attempts to regulate children's exposure to Internet indecency since the Supreme Court overturned the CDA.

* Center for Democracy and Technology Overview of CDA.

The VVD is currently the senior party in a centre-right minority government coalition together with the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ) under the leadership of VVD party leader Mark Rutte.

When lengthy formation talks between the Social-democrats and Christian-democrats eventually led to a final break between the two parties, the VVD formed cabinet with the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ), with a majority of only two seats.

In the Dutch general election of 1981 the VVD lost two seats and its partner the CDA lost even more.

It entered again cabinet with the CDA under CDA-leader Ruud Lubbers.

After very long cabinet formation talks, the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ), itself a new Christian democratic political formation composed of KVP, CHU and ARP, formed government with the VVD, based on a very narrow majority.

The VVD and the CDA regained their majority in the 1982 general election and retained it in the 1986 general election.

After the 1989 general election, the PvdA returned to cabinet together with the CDA.

Kok became Deputy Prime Minister to CDA leader Ruud Lubbers.

In the 1994 general election, the PvdA and CDA coalition lost its majority in parliament.

The government formed by CDA, VVD and the Pim Fortuyn List ( LPF ) fell after a very short period.