HCONRES 40 · 107th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Expressing the sense of the Congress that national news organizations should refrain from projecting the winner of a Presidential election until all of the polls in the Continental United States have closed.

Introduced 2001-02-27· Sponsored by Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6]· House

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Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.(2001-03-14)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Declares that it is the sense of Congress that national news organizations should, through a voluntary, industry-wide agreement, refrain from reporting projections of the winner of a Presidential election, or the winner of any State in a Presidential election, until all the polls have closed in the continental United States.…

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