1.   The third bill treats unsolicited e-mail like unsolicited faxes and subjects the sender to potential criminal sanction.

2.   Anti-spammers have compared junk e-mail to unsolicited faxes, which are illegal under a law that was passed when receiving a fax was quite expensive.

3.   Meanwhile, New Jersey Republican Representative Chris Smith simply wants to extend the federal law that bans unsolicited fax messages to cover e-mail as well.

4.   They also said the law discriminated against businesses because it did nothing to stop others from sending unsolicited faxes.