Senate sends anti-robocall bill to Trump

The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to approve legislation passed by the House earlier this month to tackle robocalls, sending the bill to the president’s desk.

According to a source familiar with President Trump’s plans, he is expected to sign the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, named after its sponsors in the House and Senate, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.).

Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) told reporters Thursday that the bill is likely to be “signed into law the next week or so.”

“Illegal robocalls have flooded Americans’ phones to the point that folks don’t want to pick their phones up at all,” Thune said on the Senate floor Thursday.

“No one is immune to these annoying and potentially dangerous calls.”