S. 2035 - Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
Law. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Arlen Specter
- Summary:
- A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar.
Senate Vote: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2035
DID NOT PASS on July 30, 2008.
3/5 required to pass
voted YES: 51
voted NO: 43
6 voted present/not voting
Other Votes:
Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
S. 2035 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. (by CRS)
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- Title
- A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
- Other Titles
- Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
- Free Flow of Information Act of 2007
- Sponsor
- Arlen Specter
- Co-Sponsors
- Subjects
- Law
- Authors and authorship
- Business
- Business records
- Civil liberties
- Communications
- Confidential communications
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice
- Criminal procedure
- Discovery (Law)
- Evidence (Law)
- Freedom of the press
- Humanities
- Informers
- Internet
- Journalism
- Journalistic ethics
- Press
- Prosecution
- Reporters and reporting
- Subpoena
- Technology
- Telecommunication
- Terrorism
- Witnesses
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 9/10/2007 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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Chamber/Committee Motion Date Result currently selected Senate Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2035 7/30/2008 This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 51 voted YES 43 voted NO 6 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 9/10/2007 9/10/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11329-11330) 9/10/2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 9/27/2007 Committee on the Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held. Put on a legislative calendar 10/04/2007 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. 10/22/2007 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. Without written report. Put on a legislative calendar 10/22/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 434. 7/28/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. 7/28/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. 7/28/2008 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7554; text: CCR S7554) 7/29/2008 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. 7/30/2008 Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. 7/30/2008 Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote Number 191) entered in Senate. 7/30/2008 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. currently selected Vote 7/30/2008 Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2035 Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
Average contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…
supported this motion
Average given to Senators who voted:
opposed this motion
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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office on day of vote, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions by Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Supported | $ From Interest Groups That Opposed | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. Akaka | D | HI | $163,000 | $0 | Yes |
| Andrew Lamar Alexander | R | TN | $552,249 | $0 | No |
| Alan Wayne Allard | R | CO | $6,000 | $0 | No |
| John Barrasso | R | WY | $82,657 | $0 | No |
| Max Baucus | D | MT | $748,751 | $0 | Yes |
| Birch "Evan" Bayh | D | IN | $1,317,997 | $0 | Yes |
| Bob Bennett | R | UT | $166,826 | $0 | No |
| Joe Biden | D | DE | $2,174,406 | $0 | Yes |
| Jesse "Jeff" Bingaman | D | NM | $449,878 | $0 | Yes |
| Christopher "Kit" Bond | R | MO | $523,335 | $0 | No |
| Barbara Boxer | D | CA | $1,971,819 | $0 | Yes |
| Sherrod Brown | D | OH | $1,410,822 | $0 | Yes |
| Sam Brownback | R | KS | $136,026 | $0 | No |
| Jim Bunning | R | KY | $246,049 | $0 | No |
| Richard Burr | R | NC | $612,611 | $0 | No |
| Robert Byrd | D | WV | $279,376 | $0 | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | D | WA | $1,463,663 | $0 | Yes |
| Ben Cardin | D | MD | $1,036,764 | $0 | Yes |
| Tom Carper | D | DE | $415,671 | $0 | Yes |
| Bob Casey | D | PA | $3,239,300 | $0 | Yes |
| Clarence Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | $834,296 | $0 | No |
| Hillary Clinton | D | NY | $5,468,602 | $0 | Yes |
| Tom Coburn | R | OK | $119,690 | $0 | No |
| William Thad Cochran | R | MS | $211,514 | $0 | No |
| Norm Coleman | R | MN | $951,651 | $0 | No |
| Susan Collins | R | ME | $542,447 | $0 | Yes |
| Gaylord Kent Conrad | D | ND | $530,903 | $0 | Yes |
| Bob Corker | R | TN | $736,048 | $0 | No |
| John Cornyn | R | TX | $1,455,633 | $0 | No |
| Larry Craig | R | ID | $42,500 | $0 | No |
| Mike Crapo | R | ID | $159,237 | $0 | No |
| Jim DeMint | R | SC | $676,048 | $0 | No |
| Chris Dodd | D | CT | $911,502 | $0 | Yes |
| Mary Elizabeth Dole | R | NC | $638,771 | $0 | No |
| Pete Domenici | R | NM | $132,950 | $0 | No |
| Byron Dorgan | D | ND | $462,516 | $0 | Yes |
| Dick Durbin | D | IL | $1,731,967 | $0 | Yes |
| John Ensign | R | NV | $434,683 | $0 | No |
| Mike Enzi | R | WY | $63,551 | $0 | No |
| Russ Feingold | D | WI | $768,523 | $0 | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | D | CA | $776,964 | $0 | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | R | SC | $1,338,241 | $0 | No |
| Chuck Grassley | R | IA | $371,068 | $0 | No |
| Judd Gregg | R | NH | $165,187 | $0 | No |
| Chuck Hagel | R | NE | $76,350 | $0 | Yes |
| Tom Harkin | D | IA | $645,057 | $0 | Yes |
| Orrin Hatch | R | UT | $553,944 | $0 | No |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | R | TX | $810,234 | $0 | No |
| Jim Inhofe | R | OK | $184,343 | $0 | No |
| Dan Inouye | D | HI | $333,744 | $0 | Yes |
| Johnny Isakson | R | GA | $653,361 | $0 | No |
| Tim Johnson | D | SD | $287,997 | $0 | Yes |
| Ted Kennedy | D | MA | $1,134,948 | $0 | Not Voting |
| John Kerry | D | MA | $449,465 | $0 | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | D | MN | $1,024,765 | $0 | Yes |
| Herb Kohl | D | WI | $0 | $0 | Yes |
| Jon Kyl | R | AZ | $861,543 | $0 | No |
| Mary Landrieu | D | LA | $1,338,418 | $0 | Yes |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | NJ | $1,023,457 | $0 | Yes |
| Patrick Leahy | D | VT | $728,504 | $0 | Yes |
| Carl Levin | D | MI | $736,549 | $0 | Yes |
| Joe Lieberman | I | CT | $1,290,256 | $0 | Yes |
| Blanche Lincoln | D | AR | $457,545 | $0 | Yes |
| Dick Lugar | R | IN | $386,440 | $0 | Yes |
| Mel Martinez | R | FL | $1,177,398 | $0 | No |
| John McCain | R | AZ | $233,275 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Claire McCaskill | D | MO | $1,544,824 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Addison "Mitch" McConnell | R | KY | $1,033,233 | $0 | No |
| Bob Menéndez | D | NJ | $2,119,999 | $0 | Yes |
| Barbara Mikulski | D | MD | $347,137 | $0 | Yes |
| Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | $280,720 | $0 | No |
| Patty Murray | D | WA | $806,940 | $0 | Yes |
| Earl "Ben" Nelson | D | NE | $557,585 | $0 | Yes |
| Clarence "Bill" Nelson | D | FL | $2,648,996 | $0 | Yes |
| Barack Obama | D | IL | $2,381,933 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Mark Pryor | D | AR | $743,496 | $0 | Yes |
| John "Jack" Reed | D | RI | $406,123 | $0 | Yes |
| Harry Reid | D | NV | $1,322,763 | $0 | No |
| Charles "Pat" Roberts | R | KS | $246,930 | $0 | No |
| John "Jay" Rockefeller | D | WV | $857,024 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Ken Salazar | D | CO | $1,755,973 | $0 | Yes |
| Bernie Sanders | I | VT | $133,429 | $0 | Yes |
| Chuck Schumer | D | NY | $1,315,368 | $0 | Yes |
| Jeff Sessions | R | AL | $452,839 | $0 | No |
| Richard Shelby | R | AL | $761,274 | $0 | No |
| Gordon Smith | R | OR | $625,003 | $0 | Yes |
| Olympia Snowe | R | ME | $209,785 | $0 | No |
| Arlen Specter | D | PA | $2,919,880 | $0 | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | D | MI | $1,381,288 | $0 | Yes |
| Ted Stevens | R | AK | $442,940 | $0 | No |
| John Sununu | R | NH | $476,714 | $0 | No |
| Jon Tester | D | MT | $496,681 | $0 | Yes |
| John Thune | R | SD | $557,347 | $0 | No |
| David Vitter | R | LA | $600,071 | $0 | No |
| George Voinovich | R | OH | $608,589 | $0 | No |
| John Warner | R | VA | $0 | $0 | No |
| Jim Webb | D | VA | $647,852 | $0 | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | D | RI | $858,458 | $0 | Yes |
| Roger Wicker | R | MS | $409,055 | $0 | Not Voting |
| Ron Wyden | D | OR | $354,906 | $0 | Yes |
