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S. 344: A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

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S. 344: A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-22 · Law · Latest: By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-448.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-448. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 344, A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (2007-12-18); CBO cost estimate: S. 344, A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings (2007-12-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), John Cornyn (R-TX)

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-s344 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110