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Congress poised for antispam vote

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On November 22, 2003, 2:45 AM

Congress has reached an agreement on antispam legislation that could end more than six years of failed attempts to create a federal law restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail.

Members of the House of Representatives debated the measure for nearly an hour on Friday evening, with Democrats and Republicans alike hailing the proposal as a long-sought compromise that would curb advertisements for Viagra and sexual propositions of a dubious nature from clogging e-mail in-boxes. The House was expected to approve the bill early Saturday, while the Senate was expected to follow next week.

Read more: [URL=http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5110622.html?tag=nefd_lede]CNet News[/URL].

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  1. November 25, 2003 6:34 PM
    wicka_wicka said:
    Dammit I wish they wouldn't pass this BS...[url]http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/25/18
    8207&mode=thread&tid=103&tid=111&tid=126&tid=99[/url]
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