GOP Sen. Tom Cotton blocks passage of a House-approved bipartisan PRESS Act, a bill that's been heralded by advocates as 'the most important free press legislation in modern times.'
early Wednesday to try to pass the bill by unanimous consent and send it to President Joe Biden's desk.
"This bill would prohibit the government from compelling any individual who calls himself a 'journalist,'" Cotton continued, indicating scare quotes with his hands,"from disclosing the source or substance of such damaging leaks."
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