Senators Durbin, Grassley Bill to Require Televising Supreme Court Proceedings Passes Committee Test

by Gary Kopycinski on February 10, 2012

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WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. A bill to require open proceedings of the Supreme Court to be televised, introduced by Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee today by a vote of 11-7.