United States · Resolution · HCONRES
H.Con.Res. 40 (107th)
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
27 February 2001
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
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Summary
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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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 27 February 2001
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 27 February 2001
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 27 February 2001
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/40
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hconres/40