Congress Reapproves Internet Access Tax Ban
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The U.S. Congress on Friday reinstated a ban on Internet access taxes after the House of Representatives agreed to extend it for another three years rather than make it permanent.
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Critics of new rates set to go into effect Sunday say the change spells doom for internet radio. Will Congress intercede?
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The run-up to November elections means that even if Congress takes another crack at Net neutrality and related broadband legislation when it returns from a month-long recess next week, some observers don't expect either bill to pass.
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The Spanish-American War is over and a "temporary" tax created to pay for it should not be extended to Internet phone calls, industry groups tell the IRS
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President George Bush on Friday signed into law a three-year moratorium on Internet access taxes. The law extends a ban on Internet taxes that expired on November 1, 2003.
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The Senate has approved legislation  extending a moratorium on state Internet access taxes for seven  years.
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Legislation to temporarily ban taxing Internet access is poised for approval this week after the US Senate approved the legislation and worked out wording acceptable to Congress.
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One of the net's founding fathers rejects calls for strict regulation of what people put online.
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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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After an amendment offered by Sen. John Sununu (R - N.H.) made it feasible to extend a four-year extension on the existing ban on Internet-related taxes to seven years, the US Senate yesterday passed the Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007, reportedly by another overwhelmingly positive vote.
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As Senate prepares to consider a Net access ban extension, Democrat behind original ban warns changes to current law approved by the House of Representatives could make that so.
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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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Legislation to free hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies for school Internet connections that had been frozen by a change in accounting rules won final approval on Wednesday from the U.S. Congress.
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InfoWorld - The U.S. Congress still needs to deal with network neutrality, and supporters in Congress are willing to block any legislation favored by broadband providers until the issue is resolved, a leading Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday.
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The U.S. House Judiciary Committee  on Thursday approved legislation aimed at preventing high-speed  Internet network providers from discriminating against  unaffiliated services, content and applications.
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President Bush signed a bill that  renews a ban on Internet access taxes on Friday amid praise  from lawmakers and trade groups who said the measure would  encourage more people to sign up for high-speed broadband  service.
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Congress Wednesday cleared the way to keep access to the Internet largely free from taxes for the next three years, breaking a year-long deadlock. -The Washington Post