NEWZ: "This Time We Really Mean It" Bill Passes House

[shannon_a]

The House today passed a bill that says, "Yes, the FTC really does have the authority to create a do-not-call list" 412-8. The Senate is expected to pass a similar bill tomorrow.

"Judge Dead Wrong", say Representatives

Comments

[seidl.livejournal.com]

Yea! But wait ... congress did something quickly. and it was the right thing to do. Isn't that one sign of the coming apocalypse?

[shannon_a]

51 million phone numbers have already been placed on the DNC list.

Slightly less voters selected Al Gore for their president.

Even slightly less voters selected George W. Bush for their president.

There are some things that congress will listen to, even if it means wiping an immoral and undesired corporate niche out of business.

[seidl.livejournal.com]

Sure, but what's also impressive is how fast congress can actually act when it wants to. I doubt that will get a lot of press, but when you see the government actually do the right thing quickly, it becomes harder to understand how slow things move normally. Sure, do-not-call is semi-simple so therefor should be fast, but how long has congress sat on things like health care reform? I'm sure 50 million people would like to see the health care system improve, but we just don't see it really happening. Why not? Why do we accept slow and intermittent progress on most things when its obvious the government can move quickly when it wants to.