McCain's been in a little trouble recently about making robocalls with funds from the NRSC. According to the Huffington Post: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) broke Senate rules when he recorded a ... to support official Senate activities. Interested in hearing the actual audio?   This site has a copy of the voice mail for you to hear: ColoradoPols.com:: McCain Robocalls Against Bennet.

... us if we weren't exactly hopeful when the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) effectively made robocalls, automated messages from political parties and other unwanteds, illegal a few months ago. But, there is hope, ... one of them? If not, you're just a click away.FTC to Finally Put the Kibosh on Robocalls originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for ...

There is word that John McCain, vilified for his robocalls in the 2008 Presidential campaign, is in the race of his life to retain the Arizona Senate seat that he has held since 1987.  He is up for re-election in 2010. So it is interesting that he is resorting to robocalls to his home state voters.If you listen closely to the end of the robocall below, he sounds ...

... against three firms for allegedly making "hundreds of thousands or even millions" of robocalls to consumers in violation of the Do Not Call rule and other laws. The three groups targeted allegedly ... been ordered to stop making the calls pending trial. Since Sept 1, nearly all robocalls are illegal, unless the recipients have provided written authorization to receive such calls. The FTC ...

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is taping robocalls urging independent voters to support his amendment to send the health care reform bill back to committee. Hotline on Call (sub. req.) reports that the robocall, paid for by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, will target independents in Colorado, Arkansas and Nebraska -- constituents of moderate Democratic senators Michael Bennet (CO), ...

... . The Senate GOP is currently pushing a McCain motion to commit, which would send the health care bill back to the Senate Finance Committee with instructions to remove language cutting funds from Medicare. The robocalls are aimed at Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Ben Nelson (D-NE) and the two Dems from ND. "On Monday I introduced the first Republican amendment to the ...

... election, is now "demanding" an investigation into the mysterious robocalls you heard about first here at Save Jersey and over at MoreMonmouthMusings: "Daggett's campaign ... A Democratic spokeswoman says the party’s chairman, Joe Cryan, was not aware of the robocalls when he denied that the state committee had anything to do with them yesterday afternoon. Cryan, who told ...

... is paid for by the Senator's political arm, Friends of John McCain. Robocalls are a notoriously cheap vehicle for politicians and political groups to disseminate a message fast and wide ... from the 2010 elections. During the presidential campaign, the Arizona Republican famously authorized robocalls questioning Obama's ties to former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers - again, to ...

Now this is bad news. According to The Statesman, US cell phones are not immune from "robocalls". The federal government has banned business telemarketing calls to cell phones. But an exemption in the law lets political candidates make calls to both land lines and cell phones. And more advanced data-mining technology is making it easier for commercial data brokers to comb the Internet ...

... questioned Sen. John McCain's mastery of those rules today. The complaint alleges that the former presidential hopeful misused cash from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) to fund statewide robocalls boosting health care reform opposition in states with moderate democratic senators to target Blanche Lincoln (AR), Michael Bennet (CO), Ben Nelson (NE), Byron Dorgan (ND), and ...

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Huffington Post reports McCain Robocalls Prompt Ethics Complaint: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) broke Senate rules when he recorded a robocall touting his amendment to the health care bill, according to a complaint filed with the Senate Ethics Committee by watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The National Republican Senatorial ...

... card services” or “account services.” The robocalls allegedly claimed the defendants’ services could lower ... have issued orders blocking the companies from making additional robocalls pending trial. “The FTC has heard the ... these difficult economic times, the last thing anyone needs is to be bombarded by robocalls pitching worthless interest-rate reduction programs,&# ...

... in good sound equipment; he has a much better sound quality to his messages than most robocalls. But even though people are hearing his name, they aren't hearing from Pagliuca himself. ... ;Pags means jobs." I think it might be more appropriate to say, "Pags means robocalls." And if anyone does actually get through to Pagliuca, please send me his number. I have some advice for him ...

... like the Emily's List people robocalling independently but on her behalf.) They're, you know, robocalls. They don't give me any new information, they talk in generalities, they interrupt me for no good reason. Michael Capuano's campaign doesn't make robocalls. Oh, it uses automated dialing equipment, and the same lists of registered Democrats, and when they call ...

... wait until they're screaming into your phone in 2010 via robocalls -- that is, if the Federal Election Commission sides with Tea ... loss of which would ease requirements significantly for political robocalls. The Fund's lawyers are arguing that the Minnesota ... restrictions (normally the domain of the FEC) by requiring political robocalls to incur the expense of a live operator. While the cost ...