releases: https://gianforte.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/montanas-delegation-celebrates-new-law-cracking-down-annoying-and-often
Data license: MIT · Data source: dwillis/congress-press
This data as json
| url | title | date | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://gianforte.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/montanas-delegation-celebrates-new-law-cracking-down-annoying-and-often | Montana's delegation celebrates new law cracking down on annoying and often dangerous robocalls | 2019-12-26 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Republican | House | MT | Greg Gianforte | G000584 | gianforte.house.gov | legacy | Calls identified by telecoms as spam aren't supposed to ring through under the new law, which lawmakers say won't deliver results for several months. Spam robocalls are the target of the new law, which leaves a lane open for telemarketers. Roughly 54 billion robocalls were made to American cellphones in the first 11 months of 2019, according to YouMail, which offers a call blocking service. In Montana, during November alone there were more than 429,000 robocalls per day, or 17,900 per hour, according to YouMail. Seven of the top 20 robocalls placed to Montanans last month came from numbers with an in-state 406 area code. YouMail identified nearly 56% of Montana's robocalls in November as scams. Montana's only U.S. Representative, Republican Greg Gianforte, praised the robocall bill for including language that he had proposed in a House bill earlier in the year. During a House speech in May, Gianforte told the story of a Bozeman woman who received a robocall from a phone number once belonging to her deceased brother. Montanans hate robocalls, Gianforte said before Dec. 4 House vote on the TRACED Act. This bill includes language from my bipartisan bill that helps prosecute illegal robocall companies. Voters cried foul in 2017 when robocalls featuring Vice President Mike Pence endorsing Gianforte's election were placed with Montanans. Gianforte denounced the political calls, which Montana prohibits, but doesn't enforce the prohibition. At the time, Gianforte's campaign said it wasn't the sources of the calls. A federal appeals court has since ruledMontana's banon political robocallsviolates the First Amendment. (Click HERE to view full story) | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |