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HCONRES 227 98th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Civil Rights and Liberties Communications and Broadcasting Congressional elections Freedom of speech Freedom of the press Presidential elections Presidents and Vice Presidents Radio broadcasting Radio journalism Television Television news Voting

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the adverse impact of early projections of election results by the news media.

Introduced: November 16, 1983 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 10, 1984
Placed on House Calendar No: 177.
Apr 10, 1984
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on House Administration. Report No: 98-671.
Feb 23, 1984
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 23, 1984
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 16, 1983
Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Nov 16, 1983
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the news media should voluntarily refrain from projecting election results before the polls close; and (2) the news media and industry, trade and professional organizations should voluntarily adopt guidelines to assure that exit interview data is not used to project election results before the polls close.

What's happening now April 10, 1984

Placed on House Calendar No: 177.

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