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FOI Act Fight Ends With Leahy Compromise Victory
Washington debate over government openness ends when the Senate Judiciary Committee adopts Sen. Patrick Leahy’s moderate substitute to the Hatch bill. The Leahy measure preserves most FOI access, while conservatives fear excess openness and liberals fear insufficient access. Major press groups led lobbying against the Reagan Hatch proposal, with Katharine Graham and Arthur Ochs Sulzberger among leaders. The battle, deeply tied to a 1986 election year, concludes without a final vote on the measure.
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Washington
Congress
Orrin G. Hatch
Utah
FBI
CIA
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hatch
Leahy
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Washington Post Co
Katharine Graham
ANPA
Graham
New York Times
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
Times Mirror Co
Otis Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Tom Johnson
Michael G. Gartner
Des Moines Register and Tribune
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Freedom of Information Committee
William H. Webster
Association
Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press
Utah Press
Scott M. Matheson
Freedom of Information
Judiciary Committee