The DNC list does not apply to political groups or to charities. So (if the call is legit) no one was breaking the law. However, most of the people who are calling you tend to be scammers who ARE breaking the law. The good news is that because of the DNC we know that most of the companies calling us are just 'phishing' for our credit card information; some of the 'charities' are little better than outright crooks-- they might send some small (as in TINY) percentage of the donations to an actual charity.  Don't fall for it. If you want to donate to a charity or to a political party, get a mailing address or a good website to do it.