It has taken forever to get one, but the US Senate today passed the first National Anti-Spam bill: S.877. As a first step, it is laudable for what it does: charges the National ISP's to identify and file claims against spammers, targeting pornsters, unsolicited body part enhancement ads, and well established fraud come-ons. Equally important is it's relatively benign countenance, as opposed to the considerable number and range of draconian measures in the Patriot Act.
Some of it's measures for violations are open-ended enough that the really big boys of spam will be vunerable to considerable penalties for pumping out offending spam. Unfortunately while the bill passed the Senate, the bill is stalled in the House. The vote in the Senate was 97-0 with three abstentions. Bizmarts recommends you get on your horse, ride into town, and tell your Representative you support the CAN SPAM bill.