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Free Flow of Information Act

Published: February 11, 2005
Last Updated: August 04, 2008
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July 27, 2007

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July 13, 2007

Major step forward in Free Flow of Information Act
June 12, 2007

ASNE strongly supports federal shield law introduced in Congress
May 02, 2007

Newspaper Editorials supporting the Free Flow of Information Act.

Senate Free Flow of Information Act S 2035 Revised Aug. 1, 2008.

July 21 letter to members of the Senate from the Media Coalition Supporting the Free Flow of Information Act

Having passed in the House, the Free Flow of Information Act now must pass in the Senate. Click on the links below to see responses to these arguments being raised against a shield law:

Issue-by-Issue comparison of HR 2102 with S 2035

HR 2102 passes 398-21 in House floor vote, Oct. 16, 2007.

On May 2, 2007, Senators Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Representatives Richard Boucher, D-Va., Mike Pence, R-Ind., John Conyers, D-Mich., Howard Coble, R-N.C., John Yarmuth, D-Ky., and David Weldon, R-Fla., introduced companion bills entitled the "Free Flow of Information Act."

Senate Judiciary Committee and Free Flow of Information Act, S 2035

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