Legislation To Include Political Calls in the Federal DNC List Goes No Where

Register your phone number for free at the National Political Do Not Contact Registry and take back control of the conversation.

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In the last congress (109th) Rep. John Doolittle [R-CA], introduced H.R. 5325 to "To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call telemarketing rules to permit individuals to opt out of receiving telephone calls from certain political organizations."

According to govtrack.us this bill was introduced in May of 2006 and has gone no where.

Not surprising as there are few politicians that would vote to shut off their most effective and cost efficient way to contact voters and constituents.

In fact, the latest action on the bill was:

May 15, 2006: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Of course, if this bill went anywhere, there would be no need for the National Political Do Not Contact Registry to be in existence.

Good news for us that politicians hardly ever do the right thing.

What do you think?