House Debates Net Tax Ban
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At a House hearing in Washington, polticians debated whether or not to renew the ban on taxing net access. Opponents say its original purpose, to spur net usage, has long been accomplished.
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'Power to the people. And us.' Just after Comcast copped to throttling P2P traffic, a new net neutrality bill appeared on Capitol Hill.â¦
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Lawmakers may vote on Internet tax ban, controversial copyright bills before the end of the year.
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House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi's plan to repeal tax breaks for oil companies in the first 100 hours of the new Congress could face roadblocks in the Senate.
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Democrats have had since January to schedule a vote on a bill that would protect Internet users from access taxes. They still haven't done so, and a temporary moratorium expires in just a few weeks.
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By 352 to 64, the House voted to shield about 21 million Americans from being hit by the alternative minimum tax.
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WASHINGTON - 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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House Democrats' promise to permanently protect millions of middle-class families from a mostly unknown tax increase is faltering before it's even unveiled.
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The U.S. Congress shouldn'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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WASHINGTON) - 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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The Senate on Tuesday prepared to take another shot at blocking an Alternative Minimum Tax increase, the latest move in a seesaw struggle between the House and Senate over how to prevent millions of middle-class people from getting soaked by the tax this year.
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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. -washingtonpost.com
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House Republicans are working to eliminate or dilute provisions in a new corporate tax bill aimed at cracking down on illegal shelters.
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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 tax writers will consider small business tax cuts worth $1.3 billion over 10 years in hopes of freeing minimum wage legislation currently stuck in an impasse between the House and Senate.
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The U.S. House of Representatives  next week could weigh legislation that extends tax incentives  to use renewable energy sources like wind and solar and slaps  new taxes on big energy companies, Democratic aides said on  Friday.
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Congress acted Friday to block state and local governments from taxing connections that link consumers to the Internet for the next three years.