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From the Center for Democracy and Technology<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nThe House today approved, by unanimous voice vote, legislation that permanently prevents consumer’s phone numbers from being automatically removed from the FTC’s “Do Not Call” list. Without the legislation, those numbers would be scrubbed from the list after five years. CDT supports the elimination of the five year expiration rule. A companion bill in the Senate is waiting for a floor vote. The House bill is H.R.3541; the Senate bill is S.2096\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(This was actually posted by CDT on the 11th when it actually happened. I’m slow.)<\/p>\n

Hopefully the Senate will have the sense to do the obvious, but it probably wouldn’t hurt to poke your Senatoid (for those in the U.S.) just in case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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