I read with interest the article about the Do Not Call Registry ("Government cracks down on robocalls," Feb. 16). It suggested that the Federal Communications Commission is clamping down and closing many of the loopholes in the telemarketing rules.

Unfortunately, the FCC will not close one of the most egregious loopholes — namely the one allowing "political" robocalls.

When the original law was passed creating the Do Not Call list, the politicians, in their typical arrogant way, exempted themselves from the ban. At election time, we are all bombarded with these intrusive calls as a result. If the politicians have any doubt as to the effectiveness of their annoying robocalls, I can assure them that in my case they are very effective. I carefully write down the name of every politician that I receive a robocall from, and vow to never ever vote for that person again.

Arnold Miller, Timonium