Congress takes a swipe at robocalls

By

Opinion

December 16, 2019 - 9:53 AM

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 president’s desk this week — a somewhat nostalgic reminder of what government can do when it’s 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…

Related
August 16, 2022
June 10, 2020
March 31, 2020
April 11, 2019