Bill Title: Free Flow of Information Act of 2009

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-17)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-04-01 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. [HB985 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Representative Bill Delahunt [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-10	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Boozman [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AR	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Adam Putnam [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-12	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael McCaul [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Connie Mack [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-14	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Kevin Brady [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Yarmuth [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-KY-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative David Wu [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OR-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lynn Woolsey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Robert Wexler [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-19	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Louise Slaughter [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-25	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Donald Payne [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Roy Blunt [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MO	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Howard Coble [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative George Radanovich [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-19	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Mike Pence [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IN-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bob Goodlatte [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Frank Wolf [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Greg Walden [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-OR-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Fred Upton [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-6	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Thomas Rooney [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-17	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Denny Rehberg [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ted Poe [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Christopher Lee [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-26	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative William Delahunt [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-10	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eleanor Norton [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-DC	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim McDermott [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WA-7	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative G. Butterfield [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Marion Berry [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AR-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Shelley Berkley [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NV-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tammy Baldwin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Anthony Weiner [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-FL-25	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Janice Schakowsky [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Christopher Murphy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Daniel Maffei [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NY-24	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Anna Eshoo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-16	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Rick Boucher [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-9	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Lacy Clay [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MO-1	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Steve Cohen [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TN-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Zoe Lofgren [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-18	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Barbara Lee [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-12	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Ron Kind [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-WI-3	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Patrick Kennedy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-RI-1	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Eddie Johnson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-30	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-18	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Charles Gonzalez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TX-20	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Gabrielle Giffords [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-AZ-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Michael Doyle [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-14	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Jim Cooper [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-TN-5	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative John Conyers [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MI-13	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative James Oberstar [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MN-8	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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