WASHINGTON _ Help for dealing with annoying, persistent and downright weird robocalls is coming. Slowly.
Washington, D.C. has launched an aggressive effort to hunt down scammers and make it easier for consumers to block them. Legislation passed Thursday by the Senate and earlier this month by the House will trigger an aggressive push to crack down on the billions of unwanted calls.
The new push would allow fines of $10,000 per scammer call, give the Federal Communications Commission strong new clout to go after them, and require phone providers to block unauthorized calls. It will also help stop the faking of caller IDs, so consumers will know who is actually calling.
