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To: lurqer who wrote (28813)	9/25/2003 2:12:30 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

With over 50 million households signing up, and an election this next year ... House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday aimed at ensuring a national “do-not-call” list goes into effect as scheduled next week so consumers can block many unwanted telemarketing sales pitches. The House voted 412-8 after less than hour of debate. Lawmakers from both parties uniformly blasted a decision by U.S. District Judge Lee R. West, who ruled Tuesday that the Federal Trade Commission lacked authority to create and operate the registry. ... “This legislation got to the House floor faster than a consumer can hang up on a telemarketer at dinnertime,” said Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass. from globeandmail.com Not mentioned in this article, there is still a constitutional lawsuit pending. Just watchin' the passing scene. lurqer