Government can act fast if it wants to...
Sep. 25th, 2003 07:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greatbearFrom cnn.com:
"Senate OKs no-call list
The Senate approved legislation that would grant authority to the Federal Trade Commission to maintain a do not call registry for telemarketers. The House approved similar action earlier today. A federal judge ruled Wednesday the FTC lacked authority to create the list. The bill now goes to the president and a spokesman said he is expected to sign it, probably on Friday. About 50 million Americans had signed up for the registry, which was to be implemented on October 1."
While I applaud their effort in this case, I cant help but get pissed at how many far more important bills get mired in proceedings and die. Here was a clear-cut case of definite millions of people being denied what they signed up for and the potential political fallout that would have happened had this bill not been drawn up and passed. Total time from draft to passage? One day.
It must be nearing an election year...
"Senate OKs no-call list
The Senate approved legislation that would grant authority to the Federal Trade Commission to maintain a do not call registry for telemarketers. The House approved similar action earlier today. A federal judge ruled Wednesday the FTC lacked authority to create the list. The bill now goes to the president and a spokesman said he is expected to sign it, probably on Friday. About 50 million Americans had signed up for the registry, which was to be implemented on October 1."
While I applaud their effort in this case, I cant help but get pissed at how many far more important bills get mired in proceedings and die. Here was a clear-cut case of definite millions of people being denied what they signed up for and the potential political fallout that would have happened had this bill not been drawn up and passed. Total time from draft to passage? One day.
It must be nearing an election year...
