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Terrorist Risk Insurance Act, rank-and-file lawmakers lobbied leadership one last time to bring another piece of legislation on the floor before the year’s end: A bill that would boost the collection of sales
taxes on those sales.
“Time will tell,” Cruz said when asked if he thought momentum was building behind using a short-term stopgap spending measure next month. “I think a long-term omnibus or CR makes no sense.
So it’s telling that an effort by the Senate to impose a radical new Internet sales tax regime during this year’s lame-duck session is being planned in secluded Capitol hallways, far from public scrutiny
Many continue to call for Congress to pass legislation empowering States to require remote sellers to collect sales tax on their behalf.
Bachmann was referring to the possibility of moving legislation in the post-election session known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, which provides for Internet retailers to collect sales taxes from
Convention wisdom holds that Republicans will tuck a short-term extension of the institution that underwrites the sales of U.S. goods overseas, which is set to expire at the end of the month, into
Funding for the Ex-Im Bank, which helps underwrite the sales of goods overseas, is due to lapse at the end of September.
Federal funding runs out on Sept. 30, so Congress has to pass a short-term continuing resolution to keep agencies operational or risk a repeat of last year’s disaster that put congressional approval ratings
Federal funding runs out on Sept. 30, so Congress has to pass a short-term continuing resolution to keep agencies operational or risk a repeat of last year’s disaster that put congressional approval ratings
Lambeau Field’s renovations were partially funded by a sales tax paid by those who benefit the most from the team and the stadium — the citizens of Green Bay, Wis.
Lambeau Field’s renovations were partially funded by a sales tax paid by those who benefit the most from the team and the stadium — the citizens of Green Bay, Wis.
Consider these examples of small, medium-sized, and large companies that would be shut out of export markets or lose major sales without Ex-Im: ProGauge Technologies in Bakersfield
Majority Leader Harry Reid is quietly stepping back from his intention to bundle an Internet tax moratorium with a more contentious proposal to allow states to collect online sales taxes, at least for
On average, there are 25 power outages a month, which in turn, cut nearly 10 percent off of firms’ sales each year.
Sales taxes on alcohol and restaurants haven’t slowed D.C.’s dining boom, Mendelson said. In the end, Catania’s amendment was defeated by a 9-4 vote.
The White House wants the Senate’s $85 billion tax extenders bill amended so that it does not add to the deficit, but stopped short of issuing a veto threat Tuesday.
The dispute comes down to this: The club would rather see the entire extenders package disappear — and thus see higher revenue flowing to the government, at least in the short-term — because it
developed in the past few years it has never been easier for anyone, anywhere to build a business in their living room, using tools like Amazon Web Services, BigCommerce and Facebook to go from conception to sales
Nevada and Florida “were hit hard with short sales and principal reductions and debt forgiveness, which is one reason why Majority Leader Reid has been a huge proponent,” he said.