U.S. Congress Poised To Vote On Internet Tax Ban

jangobongo writes "'After more than a year of leaving the threat of new state- and city-levied taxes looming over Internet access providers and online merchants, Congress is poised to reimpose a moratorium on taxing Internet access,' according to eWeek. The House had approved a permanent moratorium while the Senate had approved a temporary ban. Members of the House are pushing to compromise and to vote today on the Senate's approach. President Bush is expected to sign the legislation when it is passed."

Comments

Well, Duh

[aredubya74]

President Bush is expected to sign the legislation when it is passed.

Of course he will. He has yet to veto a single bill as President. It's easy to not have to, when your party controls both houses of Congress and is on the edge of a long-term conservative majority in the Supreme Court.

Re:Excellent idea

[Hatta]

I hope the ban passes. Americans are badly overtaxed as it is.

While the end result may be ok, is it really the place of the federal government to dictate what states can and can't tax? But it's not like the 10th amendment means anything anymore.