version passed in may, on an amendment offered by a democratic congressman, who is a passionate lilerral. i'm joined by the congressman. good to have you with us. your language would block prosecutors forcing journalists to give up confidential sources to the government. you got about a quart are of republicans to vote with you, and you may have had more if it was not an amendment to a bill. >> it's the strangest vote count you find for the 113th congress. fewer than 2% of republicans support a democratic promsed amendment. we had a quarter of them. many republicans are constitutionalists. looking at this through a constitutiona constitutional lens. we are bridging freedom of the press in a fundamental way, making adjourn u a criminal act. >> the text of your amendment is straight forward: >>> some. people that opposed your approach say it's too broad. who would qualify as a journalist or reporter? . >> that's for the courts to decide eventually, it's commonsense. as i issued in the legislative history, people whose employment is journalism, people who work for a living as journalists ar