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InternetNews October 16, 2007	Net Groups Cheer Reps' Move on Taxes Technology industry groups and lobby outfits heaped praise on the U.S. House of Representatives today after it overwhelmingly passed a bill that extends the moratorium on Internet taxes for another four years.
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InternetNews October 30, 2007	Bill Extending Internet Tax Ban Goes to Bush The House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday extending a moratorium on state Internet access taxes for seven years, sending the bill to the president to sign into law.
InternetNews October 12, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	House Panel OKs Extending Internet Tax Ban Assuming it passes Congress, a new Act would narrow the definition of "access" to a consumer's Internet connection and also exempts e-mail and instant messaging from taxation by local and state authorities.
InternetNews April 27, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Likely to Extend Net Access Tax Ban Urged by President Bush to permanently ban connection taxes, lawmakers are likely to extend new ban.
InternetNews April 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Approves Internet Access Tax Ban Compromise four-year measure is narrower in scope than ambitious House version.
InternetNews January 5, 2007 Roy Mark	Wyden: Ban Internet Tax For Good Legislation would put an end to extensions but allow grandfathered states to continue to tax Internet access.
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InternetNews January 21, 2004 Roy Mark	Net Access Tax Ban Still Anyone's Guess Tech trade group accuses states of an election year power play to gain taxing authority over the Internet.
InternetNews February 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Clash on Net Access Ban Senators charge that opponents who have blocked a bill for a permanent and expanded ban view the Internet as a tax cash cow. Governors: Keep Net Access Tax Ban Temporary
InternetNews April 19, 2005 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Revive Net Connect Tax Ban Just months after Congress extends Internet access tax ban by four years, senators push to make measure permanent.
InternetNews November 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Brokers Internet Access Tax Deal Senate negotiators said late Wednesday afternoon that they had cleared the way for Congress to approve a new Internet access tax moratorium that will ban tariffs on most dial-up and broadband connections for the next four years.
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InternetNews April 27, 2004 Roy Mark	New Maneuvers on Internet Access Ban Parliamentary maneuvering bottles McCain amendment for a four-year ban on taxing Internet connections.
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InternetNews September 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Senator: No Tax Breaks For Broadband Lamar Alexander calls high-speed connections the most heavily subsidized new technology in America.
InternetNews April 28, 2004 Roy Mark	McCain Blasts Access Tax Ban Maneuvers Arizona senator calls an amendment to Internet access tax bill a 'parliamentary charade,' as the deadline for compromise looms.
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InternetNews June 15, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel Approves Multinational Tax Break A controversial measure favored by IT firms moves to a vote of the full House.
InternetNews November 16, 2004 Roy Mark	Tech Hopes Dim With Lame Duck Congress A final, four-day session leaves little time for new Internet access tax moratorium and other items on tech agenda.
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Post Election, Tech Issues Await Congress Is Voice Over IP an interstate service and exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs?... Legislation is still pending on reviving the expired Internet access tax moratorium and spyware... etc.
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InternetNews October 7, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Still Hot on Tech Agenda The House and Senate are battling to session's end on new Internet access tax moratorium and blocking stock option expensing.
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InternetNews June 28, 2006 Roy Mark	Telecom Reform Debate Enters Third Day While delaying network neutrality vote, lawmakers deal with a vast array of amendments to overall bill.
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InternetNews September 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Frist Pushing Internet Gambling Ban Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist targeted a ban on Internet gambling as a top priority for the U.S. Senate in the waning days of the 109th Congress.
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Inc. February 1, 2003 Eamon Javers	Storming the Hill Now that the Republicans are in command, the small-business lobby hopes this new congressional session will bring it more victories than losses. Here's the view from the field.
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InternetNews September 22, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Approves Anti-Spyware Bill Anti-spyware legislation took a major step forward Wednesday when the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to outlaw spyware that is loaded on a computer without the user's consent.
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