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Robocalls from political parties would be banned under a bill filed by a Republican senator. |
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Wrap: Cape Girardeau Senator Jason Crowell says adding cellphones to the no-call list is the next logical step.
The bill will also ban certain automated calls from telemarketers.
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| Description: "Missouri would be a much better place to live if, before the last presidential election, I didn't hear from Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, every Republican alive and dead." | |
Crowell says the bill will not cost the state money and he will continue to work with the attorney general to make any changes.
Crowell will present the bill during the regular session, which begins January 4.
Reporting from the state Capitol I'm Jessi Turnure.
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A Republican senator says he blames robocalls for failing to pass telemarketing legislation in the past. |
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Wrap: Jefferson County Senator Kevin Engler has sponsored the cellphone no-call bill for three years but it died each time.
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| Description: "The shadowy hand of nobody would come down and kill the bill because of people in the building. That was their living and they didn't want that to be stopped." | |
If the bill passes in the spring, cellphones will be added to the no-call list and some automated calls will be banned.
Violating this act could lead to a $5,000 fine.
Engler says legislators need to decide between peoples' privacy and politicians' campaigns.
The bill would reduce robocalls Missourians receive before the 2012 elections.
Reporting from the state Capitol I'm Jessi Turnure.