Americans exhausted by congressional gridlock may get a gift this holiday season, after all: a bipartisan law cracking down at long last on the universal nuisance of incessant robocalls.
Good, old-fashioned legislating has led lawmakers from competing proposals in the two chambers this spring to a consolidated proposal that looks likely to land on the presidents desk this week a somewhat nostalgic reminder of what government can do when its working. This year saw 54.6 billion spam calls placed, but next year could turn out to be a lot quieter.
A technological reality is…
