HCONRES 321 · 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.

Introduced 1984-06-18· Sponsored by Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(1984-09-21)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1984-06-26
Yea 352Nay 65
PassedHouse · 1984-06-26
Yea 352Nay 65

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the news media should voluntarily refrain from characterizing or 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 characterize or project election results before the polls close.…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican