Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) during a House Judiciary Committee hearing to debate two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, and the Republican-proposed amendments, on Dec. 12, 2019, inside the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM. Rejecting Opposition From Judiciary, House Passes Bill to Make PACER Free
Rep. Hank Johnson argued that the judiciary's claim that creating a free court records system could cost $2 billion was "to confuse and try to derail passage of this very common sense, necessary legislation that brings judicial records into the 21st century."
December 08, 2020 at 05:57 PM
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The U.S. House on Tuesday passed bipartisan legislation that would make PACER free for the public, handing a win to transparency advocates despite the federal judiciary's opposition to the bill.
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