CNN: Congress moves on 'do not call'

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

Can you say "bitchslap"? I knew you could. :evilgrin: Now if we could have the same thing here in Brazil...

http://money.cnn.com/2003/09/25/news/economy/ftc_call/

WASHINGTON (CNN) - The House voted Thursday to grant the Federal Trade Commission explicit authority to create a national "do not call" list for telemarketers, and Senate action was expected later in the day.

The vote was 412-8. A vote in the Senate on a nearly identical measure was expected later Thursday.

The quick action comes a day after a federal judge ruled the FTC overstepped its congressional mandate to create the wildly popular list. (For more on that story, click here.)

"Fifty million Americans can't be wrong," Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., declared Wednesday, referring to the number of phone numbers that people have signed up to block the unwanted solicitations.

"The goal is to get it to the president's desk today," said Jack Finn, a spokesman for Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who is sponsoring the Senate bill.

Lawmakers expect that the quick Congressional action will mean the new list will take effect Oct. 1 as was expected before Wednesday's court ruling. (...)

[XanaDUer]

1. YES!

:bounce: :bounce:

:bounce: :bounce:

:bounce: :bounce:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. Telemarketers are SO despicable...

...even REPUBLICANS can't stand them!!! THAT's something! :nuke:

[realFedUp]

3. Wish they could move as fast

on things that really matter.

[Guaranteed]

4. Here's why:

The media (TV, radio, newspapers and mags) are gonna get a helluva lot more advertising because of this. More demand for advertising leads to higher rates for advertising. Bush is indirectly scratching the media's back, yet AGAIN. The FCC cap change wasn't enough.
I remember before the war Bush coming out of nowhere and talking about this "do not call" list. It seemed out of place, like the sex slavery in his speech, at the time. But, after a couple of months somehow it occured to me when someone on TV said this was going to increase demand for advertising.

It makes me wonder what the Bushees have in mind talking about sex slavery. I've heard Russia has been having serious problems with it....are they threatening the Russians?