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H.R.2102 - Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. view all titles (4)
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- Short: Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 as passed house.
- Short: Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 as introduced.
- Short: Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 as reported to house.
- Official: To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. as introduced.
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MIAMI HERALD: No more stalling on federal shield law
Consider two cases that have arisen in the interim since the full House approved the Free Flow of Information Act (HR 2102) and the committee approved the ...
Blunt, Conyers, Pence, Boucher Urge Senate to Take Up Media Shield ...
... take up our bill, HR 2102, the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 that passed the House of Representatives on October 16, 2007, by a vote of 398-21. ...
ACLU Encouraged By Bipartisan Support of Shield Bill
... the American Civil Liberties Union asked the Senate leadership to use that momentum to bring HR 2102, the House-passed version of the bill, ...
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Shield Law, Part 1
... Murdoch's News Corp. to NPR to the New York Times Company is backing the bill, whose House analog, HR 2102, cleared that chamber 398 to 21 last October. ...
SPJ Leaders Urge Bush Administration, Department of Justice to ...
By a vote of 398-21 on Oct. 16, the House passed its version of the bill, HR 2102 that was introduced by Reps. Rick Boucher, (D-Va. ...
ACLU Asks Senate to Take Stronger Stand on Freedom of the Press
The House passed HR 2102, the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007, by a veto-proof majority of 398 to 21. "Freedom of the press means exactly that ...
Pass federal shield law bill
HR 2102, introduced by Reps. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.), will protect journalists from having to reveal the identity of unnamed sources on ...
House of Representatives passes shield law
The Free Flow of Information Act of 2007, HR 2102, would for the first time extend shield protections already in effect in thirty-three states and the ...
Act Grants Journalists More Rights
The Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 (HR 2102) passed with bipartisan support in a 398 to 21 vote on the floor of the US House of Representatives on ...
Shield law: Senate needs to approve legislation
On Oct. 16, members of the US House of Representatives gave resounding approval to HR 2102, the Free Flow of Information Act. The vote was 398-21 in favor ...
Proposed US Shield Law For Press Gets OK Reviews
Theodore Olson, the US solicitor general from 2001 to 2004, told USINFO he favors the bill (HR 2102) overwhelmingly approved October 16 by the US House of ...
Proposed US Shield Law for Reporters Gets Favorable Reviews
Theodore Olson, the US solicitor general from 2001 to 2004, told USINFO he favors the bill (HR 2102) overwhelmingly approved October 16 by the US House of ...
Shield bills are laudable but they need refining
... Committee has approved S. 2035, the Free Flow of Information Act. It’s similar, unfortunately, to HR 2102, passed by the House Judiciary Committee. ...
Our Views: Pass media shield law despite veto threat
HR 2102 would exempt journalists from identifying confidential sources -- unless a court finds that prosecutors have exhausted all reasonable alternative ...
How Texans voted
The bill (HR 2102), which awaits Senate action, would not apply in cases where the government can establish that the unmasking of sources is necessary to ...
How area members of Congress voted
Confidential news sources (HR 2102): Lawmakers voted 398-21 to protect reporters from most attempts by federal authorities to compel them to reveal ...
Coble co-sponsors media shield bill
On Tuesday, the House, by a 398-21 margin, passed HR 2102, the Free Flow of Information Act. Rep. Howard Coble, the sixth-district Republican who represents ...
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HR 2102, introduced by Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) and Rick Boucher (D-VA), will lessen the chance that reporters will be arrested or intimidated for their ...
Editorial: Historic chance to protect public's right to know
HR 2102 would exempt journalists from identifying confidential sources – unless a court finds that prosecutors have exhausted all reasonable alternative ...
Poor are not poor by choice
I was pleased to read The News-Press' Oct. 12 editorial about the Free Flow of Information Act (HR 2102), which is pending before Congress. ...
Federal shield law needed
The US House of Representatives passed its own version of the Free Flow of Information Act (HR 2102) Tuesday with a vote of 398 to 21, making this the first ...
House votes to give journalists shield for confidential sources
Mike Pence, a conservative who cosponsored HR 2102 with Virginia Democratic Rep. Rick Boucher, said he promoted the bill because "I believe the only check ...
Media groups applaud passage of Shield bill
WASHINGTON — Passage of the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 (HR 2102) by the US House of Representatives on a 398 to 21 vote was applauded by more than ...
Free flow of public information critical
HR 2102, introduced by Rep. Richard Boucher, D-Va., and passed by the House Judiciary Committee on Aug. 1, seeks to protect journalists from being forced to ...
Reporters’ Shield Bill Passes House
That said, it’s unfortunate that HR 2102 does little to protect writers like me. Neither would it have helped Josh Wolf, a freelance blogger who spent 226 ...
Media Groups Applaud House Passage of the Shield Bill
WASHINGTON, DC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/16/07 -- Passage of the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 (HR 2102) by the US House of Representatives on a 398 to ...
White House threatens to veto media shield bill
The bill, coded HR 2102, would provide a broad privilege to reporters "that could severely frustrate, and in some cases completely eviscerate, ...
Media Groups Applaud House Passage of the Shield Bill
WASHINGTON, DC -- 10/16/07 -- Passage of the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 (HR 2102) by the US House of Representatives on a 398 to 21 vote was ...
House Passes Shield Law
The bill, HR 2102 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-2102, passed overwhelmingly, 398-21 (with 13 not voting) -- good news for its ...
White House threatens to veto shield bill
An official statement of administration policy from the Office of Management and Budget, released by the White House today, warns that if HR 2102 "were ...
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