Congress Votes to Extend Internet Tax Ban
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Legislation for a seven-year extension to an Internet tax ban is going to the president for approval.
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The House has given final congressional approval to a bill that bans state and local governments from taxing Internet connections for the next three years.
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Congress is now poised to hand President Bush an election-year tax cut victory after Senate and House of Representatives negotiators on Wednesday night agreed to extend popular tax breaks for children and couples for five years.
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In a move that takes aim at file-swapping networks, the US House of Representatives voted to boost penalties for online piracy and increase federal police powers against Net copyright infringement.
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Legislation that would expand the definition of criminal file-trading over the Internet was approved Wednesday by the US House Judiciary Committee.
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WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush on Friday signed into law a three-year moratorium on Internet access taxes.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a compromise version of a moratorium on Internet-only taxes, the last step needed before the bill is sent to President George Bush.
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House of Representatives approval means most American consumers will continue seeing tax-free Internet connection bills. President Bush is expected to sign off before current law expires this week.
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The U.S. Congress on Thursday agreed  to extend popular tax cuts for children and married couples,  giving President Bush an election-year victory on his core  economic issue.
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Congress is poised to extend a ban on taxing Internet access, a move that would please Internet service providers but possibly cost states millions of dollars in lost revenue.
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The day before a preliminary Senate vote to extend a soon-to-expire prohibition on Internet access taxes, Commerce and Treasury chiefs urge something more lasting.
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The US Congress on Thursday passed legislation to extend popular tax cuts proposed by President Bush. The measure keeps the per child tax credit at $1,000 and upholds tax relief for both married couples and many individuals.
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Lawmakers revived a long-stalled effort Wednesday to block state and local governments from taxing Internet connections, in a last-minute agreement to ban the taxes until 2007.
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Internet users will not have to pay a tax for their connection service after Congress passes legislation blocking local governments from charging such a levy.
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InfoWorld - The U.S. Congress shouldn&#39;t permanently extend a moratorium on taxes unique to the Internet because the temporary ban keeps Internet providers from abusing the system, a representative of the National Governors Association said Thursday.
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Congress moved Wednesday toward reinstating a ban on Internet access taxes, as the Senate modified a measure it had previously passed with hopes that the House of Representatives would take it up.
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A bill to extend a moratorium on Internet access taxes for seven years was approved 402-0 by the House Tuesday, less than two days before it was set to expire.