US Congress Senate Resolution 622 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Introduced on June 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-15 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2977)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

This resolution condemns violence committed against people of the United States exercising their right to free speech and peaceful assembly, including journalists, and reaffirms the Senate's commitment to freedom of the press and peaceful assembly as pillars of democracy. The resolution calls on local, state, and federal authorities to take steps to ensure that members of the media are able to safely perform their duties without interference, censorship, threats of violence, or physical harm and to explicitly exempt the news media from any curfew regulations. The resolution calls on authorities and officials to (1) identify and thoroughly investigate instances in which government officials or members of police forces have restricted media access to the demonstrations or where violence was perpetrated against members of the media, and (2) ensure that such perpetrators are appropriately disciplined and charged.

A resolution condemning attacks against members of the media and reaffirming the centrality of a free and independent press and peaceful assembly to the health of democracy in the United States.

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-15	Senate	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2977)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-resolution/622/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/sres622/BILLS-116sres622is.pdf