Ah. The reason he's not in the Senate database is because he's a Rep, despite both articles cited so far (go media accuracy!:). And according to his own website, he's not currently sponsoring this bill. Search the LOC site for "spam", the only bill that comes up is House Resolution 122, whose purpose is "To amend section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the use of the text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephone systems to transmit unsolicited commercial messages." It's a dupe.
Bill number 6568 isn't in the database, either. And the two Senators for Washington State are Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray (according to the Senate's site.
Or maybe just horribly bad reporting (but probably not). The Library of Congress website has no record of either Senator Finbeiner (not to mention the fact that "Kirkland" is not a state) or of Bill 5734. I could also find no record of the author, Paul Queary, at the Associated Press site.
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Ah. The reason he's not in the Senate database is because he's a Rep, despite both articles cited so far (go media accuracy! :). And according to his own website, he's not currently sponsoring this bill. Search the LOC site for "spam", the only bill that comes up is House Resolution 122, whose purpose is "To amend section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the use of the text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephone systems to transmit unsolicited commercial messages." It's a dupe.
Bill number 6568 isn't in the database, either. And the two Senators for Washington State are Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray (according to the Senate's site.
Or maybe just horribly bad reporting (but probably not). The Library of Congress website has no record of either Senator Finbeiner (not to mention the fact that "Kirkland" is not a state) or of Bill 5734. I could also find no record of the author, Paul Queary, at the Associated Press site.
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And who's the richest man in the world right now?