Maddow Blog | Tom Cotton derails bipartisan PRESS Act for all the wrong reasons
Sen. Tom Cotton explanation for rejecting the PRESS Act was so absurd, it seems implausible that even the Arkansas Republican actually believed it.
Tom Cotton does Trump’s bidding, blocks bipartisan press shield bill
Cotton blocked the PRESS Act, a bipartisan bill intended to shield journalists from being forced to reveal confidential sources when pressured by the federal government.
Cotton blocks federal shield law for journalists
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) blocked a federal shield law that would protect journalists from revealing their sources and material to the government. In the Senate on Tuesday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton blocks press freedom bill Trump said GOP ‘must kill’
A journalism shield law, which would limit the federal government’s ability to force disclosure of journalists’ sources, failed in the Senate
Tom Cotton Blocks Senate Passage Of Bill To Shield Journalists From Revealing Sources And Government Intrusion
With the clock ticking on the current Congress, Senate Democrats were stymied in their effort to pass a bill that would shield journalists from being compelled by the federal government to reveal their sources and materials.
Journalist Protection Bill Blocked In Senate After Tom Cotton Objects To Speedy Passage
With the clock ticking on the current Congress, there are new doubts over the prospects for a bill that would shield journalists from being compelled by the federal government to reveal their sources and materials.
Tom Cotton blocks bill to protect journalists in blow to press freedom
Senator Tom Cotton on Tuesday blocked a press freedom bill that would protect journalists from being forced to reveal their sources to the government.
Sen. Tom Cotton thwarts passage of bill protecting press, journalists from feds
Sen. Tom Cotton stymied the Senate from passing the first-ever federal press shield law on Tuesday, contending that if enacted, the legislation could put national security in jeopardy. The Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act (PRESS Act),
Senate GOP blocks PRESS Act that would give journalists more protections
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas blocked a bipartisan bill, that would have given journalists more protections under ...
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Democracy? One Dumb Senator Blocks Press Freedom
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) brought the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act —which would prohibit the ...
Pete Hegseth’s lawyer, Sen. Cotton slam West Point for sharing false info about defense pick’s admission in possible privacy violation
Attorney Tim Parlatore and Cotton (R-Ark.) fired off a pair of letters to the US Military Academy’s superintendent, expressing concern that a public affairs officer shared “false ...
Bill to protect journalists from revealing sources is ‘on life support’
Press advocates and media organizations have been appealing for passage of the Press Act, which would create a federal shield law for journalists and their sources.
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Tom Cotton calls on West Point to investigate reports it lied to the press
West Point said the discrepancy on Hegseth's relationship with the school was because of an "administrative error" but that a further review confirmed that he was accepted into West Point in 1999, but ...