{"id":135854,"date":"2024-12-11T15:42:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T08:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135854"},"modified":"2024-12-11T15:42:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T08:42:57","slug":"senate-gop-blocks-bill-to-protect-journalists-after-trump-opposes-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135854","title":{"rendered":"Senate GOP blocks bill to protect journalists after Trump opposes it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Washington<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ize9cd002c26p6168p332g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats to pass a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater protections under federal law \u2013 a move that comes in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump opposing the measure.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4j0visr000b3b6mhr6jpm9x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump called on Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113516968142292237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to \u201ckill this bill\u201d<\/a> in a Truth Social post last month.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4j0visr000c3b6mszyvgfsm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Known as the PRESS Act, the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act would prevent the government from forcing journalists to reveal their sources and limit the seizure of their data without their knowledge. The bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/4250\/all-actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> the GOP-controlled House earlier this year.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4j0wxw2000o3b6mms977e4f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After Trump\u2019s reelection, press advocacy groups redoubled their efforts to get the legislation signed into law before the end of President Joe Biden\u2019s term. But the bill\u2019s failure to pass on Tuesday comes as time is fast-running out before the Democratic president leaves office.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4j0xrfh000s3b6mrbs6iuz0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The bill is unlikely to win 60 votes, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has prioritized confirming judges during the lame-duck session. Government funding and a must-pass defense policy bill will also take up valuable floor time before lawmakers leave town for the winter holiday break.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4j0visr000e3b6ms4iu2aef@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Tuesday evening, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon went to the Senate floor and asked for unanimous consent to pass the bill. But GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas objected, blocking the attempt. Any single senator has the power to halt a bill put forward by a unanimous consent request.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4j1003g000w3b6mybqn6syi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Freedom of the Press Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FreedomofPress\/status\/1866598522159542323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said on X<\/a> that Democrats knew the move would fail and called on the chamber to cut the holiday break short if necessary to try to pass the bill. \u201cSpeeches aren\u2019t enough. The senate has had all year to pass this bipartisan bill,\u201d the group said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4j0visr000f3b6m56j3p6u1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Schumer spoke in support of the bill on the floor and urged passage, calling the provisions \u201ccommon sense\u201d and \u201cmore important now than ever before when we\u2019ve heard so many in the incoming administration talk about going after the press one way or another.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4j0visr000g3b6mgit1et91@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Cotton argued in remarks on the floor that the bill is a threat to US national security and said its passage would turn the Senate \u201cinto the active accomplice of deep-state leakers, traitors and criminals, along with the America-hating and fame-hungry journalists who help them out.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4j0visr000i3b6me4gpif22@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Earlier on Tuesday, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press used the release of a Justice Department\u2019s inspector general report into leak investigations during Trump\u2019s first term to argue for passage of the act.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4j0visr000j3b6mby6cvpid@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis investigation highlights the need for a reasonable, common-sense law to protect reporters and their sources,\u201d the group\u2019s executive director, Bruce D. 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