The United States Senate voted Monday night to revive debate on legislation to permanently exempt Internet connections from federal, state and local taxes.
The moratorium on access taxes aimed at dial-up connections, first passed by Congress in 1998 and extended in 2000, expired last November.
The renewed Senate interest in the long-stalled measure came on the same day that President Bush said in a campaign speech, “We must not tax broadband access. If you want broadband access throughout the society, Congress must ban taxes on access.”
Monday’s 74-11 vote forces the issue to the Senate floor, where it is likely to be the target of a number of amendments designed to keep access tax laws temporary and narrow in definition.
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