Begich Seeks Expansion of Do Not Call Restrictions
Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, wants to expand the federal Do Not Call restrictions. He introduced a bill (S-2957) Thursday to “allow individuals to opt out of receiving these sorts of pestering phone calls from Super PACs [political action committees] and…
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similar groups,” Begich said in a statement. The Do Not Disturb Act of 2014 would, according to a Begich news release, prevent calls to those who don’t want such calls from super PACs as well as “so-called ‘social welfare’ political organizations.” It also “prohibits push polls and robo-calls to Americans who have listed their telephone numbers on the registry,” the release said. The legislation lists no co-sponsors currently and is referred to the Commerce Committee, where Begich is a member. He lost his re-election bid and will not be a member of the next Congress.