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By this time tomorrow there should be a bill signed by the President that explicitly gives the FTC the right and authority enact the “Do-Not-Call” list. A bill passed the in the House with a vote of 412–8 this afternoon and a matching bill is expected to be passed in the Senate before close of business today. The goal is to get it on the Presidents desk today so that it can be signed into law immediately. That would allow the Do-Not-Call to be enacted on October 1st, right on original schedule. Rep. Tauzin said “Fifty million Americans can’t be wrong”
Now if we can enact a similarly tough anti-spam law. Maybe the FTC could set up a Do-Not-Spam registry just so Congress can guage American feelings for that law.
Full story on CNN and Yahoo.
Yesterdays story about the court decision.