House OKs National 'Do Not Call' List

Submitted by cel4145 on February 13, 2003 - 13:27.

Yahoo! News reports that the US House of Representatives has created a national list for blocking telemarketers:

The House voted 418-7 on Wednesday to allow the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees from telemarketers to fund the registry, which will cost about $16 million in its first year.

Now, will someone please add a similar measure for email spam onto that bill?

See also USA Today.

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Re: House OKs National 'Do Not Call' List

Submitted by platypus matt on February 14, 2003 - 07:36.

Good point cel4145, but right now I'm thrilled by these developments. I finally feel that our government is acting in our best interests instead of the corporate's. As I understand, though, the bill won't cover political or charity telephone calls, so we can still expect our houses under siege during campaigns.