Earlier this week, the Hill reported that the Senate Judiciary Committee would mark up the bill amending the FOIA today, Nov. 13, 2014. I have learned that today's mark up session has been postponed and will now be held next week.

Senator Leahy, the Committee's chair issued the following statement:

“I have worked with Senator Cornyn for months on the FOIA Improvement Act. It has broad bipartisan support, including the support of Ranking Member Grassley. Because of scheduling challenges in the Senate this Thursday, we are likely to hold the Committee markup off the floor this week. This FOIA bill should be debated in full public view, and so we will hold over our legislation this week so all members and the public can participate in this important debate. I expect the Judiciary Committee will approve our bipartisan legislation next week when the Committee meets at its regularly-scheduled time.”

While the Senator still expects the bill to be approved so it can go to the full Senate, the current legislative session still only has a few days remaining, so it remains to be seen if this bill, which would have to be still reconciled with the House bill, becomes law.