HCONRES 227 · 98th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
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.
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EnactedLatest: Placed on House Calendar No: 177.(1984-04-10)
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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.…
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Cosponsors (20)
13 Democrats7 Republicans