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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Senate Republicans on Tuesday quickly backed away from a proposal to
restrict media access in the Capitol after an angry backlash from reporters
and an emergency meeting between the Senate Rules Committee and the media
gallery directors.
Senate Rules Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) sent out a statement
around lunchtime clarifying that there would not be a rules change, only a
discussion about how to ensure safety as the Capitol hallways have become
more hectic because of growing crowds of journalists.
Shelby announced in a statement that the committee had made “no changes to
the existing rules governing press coverage on the Senate side of the
Capitol complex.”
A Senate official familiar with administrative discussions said, “
Everything you did before, you can still do.”
It was an abrupt 180-degree turn from earlier in the day when Senate
Sergeant at Arms staff informed the press galleries of tough new
restrictions. Democrats had seized on the news, linking the new restriction
to the GOP’s work on healthcare legislation that is being drafted behind
closed-doors.
Earlier in the day, Senate Sergeant at Arms staff earlier told the directors
of the media galleries who represent journalists’ interests that reporters
would not be allowed to film interviews with senators in the Capitol or the
Senate office building without first receiving special permission. |
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