LongeCity - They're trying to tax internet purchases

The United States Congress is trying to tax internet purchases. They are trying to pass a law forcing internet merchants to collect state sales taxes for your state government on things you buy from other states. That means internet merchants would have to keep track of sales taxes from fifty states and remit payments to them. If you lived in New York State and bought something from a company in Nevada, they'd have to collect New York State sales taxes from you and send them to New York State. A lot of people here buy supplements over the internet. They would be affected. If you want to see a summary of the bill, go here:

http://thomas.loc.go....3:@@@D&summ2=m

Senate Bill 743, the "Marketplace Fairness Act," passed the Senate 69 to 27. This is the voting record in the Senate:

Grouped by Home State

Alabama: Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea

Alaska: Begich (D-AK), Not Voting Murkowski (R-AK), Nay

Arizona: Flake (R-AZ), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Yea

Arkansas: Boozman (R-AR), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea

California: Boxer (D-CA), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea

Colorado: Bennet (D-CO), Yea Udall (D-CO), Yea

Connecticut: Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Murphy (D-CT), Yea

Delaware: Carper (D-DE), Yea Coons (D-DE), Yea

Florida: Nelson (D-FL), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Nay

Georgia: Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea

Hawaii: Hirono (D-HI), Yea Schatz (D-HI), Yea

Idaho: Crapo (R-ID), Nay Risch (R-ID), Nay

Illinois: Durbin (D-IL), Yea Kirk (R-IL), Nay

Indiana: Coats (R-IN), Yea Donnelly (D-IN), Yea

Iowa: Grassley (R-IA), Nay Harkin (D-IA), Yea

Kansas: Moran (R-KS), Not Voting Roberts (R-KS), Nay

Kentucky: McConnell (R-KY), Nay Paul (R-KY), Nay

Louisiana: Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Nay

Maine: Collins (R-ME), Yea King (I-ME), Yea

Maryland: Cardin (D-MD), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea

Massachusetts: Cowan (D-MA), Yea Warren (D-MA), Yea

Michigan: Levin (D-MI), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea

Minnesota: Franken (D-MN), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea

Mississippi: Cochran (R-MS), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Yea

Missouri: Blunt (R-MO), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Yea

Montana: Baucus (D-MT), Nay Tester (D-MT), Nay

Nebraska: Fischer (R-NE), Yea Johanns (R-NE), Yea

Nevada: Heller (R-NV), Nay Reid (D-NV), Yea

New Hampshire: Ayotte (R-NH), Nay Shaheen (D-NH), Nay

New Jersey: Lautenberg (D-NJ), Not Voting Menendez (D-NJ), Yea

New Mexico: Heinrich (D-NM), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea

New York: Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea

North Carolina: Burr (R-NC), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea

North Dakota: Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea Hoeven (R-ND), Yea

Ohio: Brown (D-OH), Yea Portman (R-OH), Yea

Oklahoma: Coburn (R-OK), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay

Oregon: Merkley (D-OR), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Nay

Pennsylvania: Casey (D-PA), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Nay

Rhode Island: Reed (D-RI), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea

South Carolina: Graham (R-SC), Yea Scott (R-SC), Nay

South Dakota: Johnson (D-SD), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea

Tennessee: Alexander (R-TN), Yea Corker (R-TN), Yea

Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), Not Voting Cruz (R-TX), Nay

Utah: Hatch (R-UT), Nay Lee (R-UT), Nay

Vermont: Leahy (D-VT), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Yea

Virginia: Kaine (D-VA), Yea Warner (D-VA), Yea

Washington: Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea

West Virginia: Manchin (D-WV), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea

Wisconsin: Baldwin (D-WI), Yea Johnson (R-WI), Nay

Wyoming: Barrasso (R-WY), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Yea

You can confirm this at the Library of Congress' Website:

http://www.senate.go...on=1&vote=00113

Thankfully the bill has stalled in committee in the House for now. These are the 66 Representatives that co-sponsored House Bill 684, the "Marketplace Fairness Act." I copied this from the Library of Congress' Website. They added the dates they signed onto the bill.

Rep Amodei, Mark E. [NV-2] - 2/14/2013

Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] - 3/14/2013

Rep Barletta, Lou [PA-11] - 2/14/2013

Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 4/23/2013

Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-7] - 2/14/2013

Rep Chu, Judy [CA-27] - 2/14/2013

Rep Cicilline, David N. [RI-1] - 4/23/2013

Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 2/14/2013

Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] - 2/14/2013

Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-13] - 2/14/2013

Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 4/24/2013

Rep Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [AR-1] - 2/14/2013

Rep Crenshaw, Ander [FL-4] - 2/14/2013

Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 4/16/2013

Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 5/9/2013

Rep DelBene, Suzan K. [WA-1] - 2/14/2013

Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] - 2/14/2013

Rep Deutch, Theodore E. [FL-21] - 2/14/2013

Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario [FL-25] - 2/14/2013

Rep Duckworth, Tammy [IL-8] - 4/10/2013

Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 2/26/2013

Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 2/14/2013

Rep Ellmers, Renee L. [NC-2] - 2/14/2013

Rep Foster, Bill [IL-11] - 4/10/2013

Rep Gibson, Christopher P. [NY-19] - 2/14/2013

Rep Griffin, Tim [AR-2] - 2/14/2013

Rep Griffith, H. Morgan [VA-9] - 3/14/2013

Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-3] - 2/27/2013

Rep Grimm, Michael G. [NY-11] - 2/14/2013

Rep Horsford, Steven A. [NV-4] - 3/14/2013

Rep Huffman, Jared [CA-2] - 4/23/2013

Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 4/10/2013

Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 2/14/2013

Rep Joyce, David P. [OH-14] - 4/23/2013

Rep Kilmer, Derek [WA-6] - 4/16/2013

Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 2/14/2013

Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] - 3/14/2013

Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 2/14/2013

Rep Lowenthal, Alan S. [CA-47] - 4/23/2013

Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 2/14/2013

Rep Noem, Kristi L. [SD] - 2/14/2013

Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 2/14/2013

Rep Pingree, Chellie [ME-1] - 2/14/2013

Rep Pocan, Mark [WI-2] - 4/10/2013

Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 2/14/2013

Rep Quigley, Mike [IL-5] - 2/26/2013

Rep Rigell, E. Scott [VA-2] - 3/14/2013

Rep Ross, Dennis A. [FL-15] - 2/14/2013

Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 4/16/2013

Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-38] - 2/14/2013

Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-46] - 2/26/2013

Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 2/27/2013

Rep Schock, Aaron [IL-18] - 2/14/2013

Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] - 2/14/2013

Rep Scott, Austin [GA-8] - 2/14/2013

Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 4/24/2013

Rep Sinema, Kyrsten [AZ-9] - 4/23/2013

Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 3/14/2013

Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-14] - 2/14/2013

Rep Stivers, Steve [OH-15] - 2/14/2013

Rep Tsongas, Niki [MA-3] - 2/14/2013

Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 4/16/2013

Rep Veasey, Marc A. [TX-33] - 4/23/2013

Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 2/14/2013

Rep Wilson, Frederica S. [FL-24] - 4/23/2013

Rep Young, Todd C. [IN-9] - 2/14/2013

To confirm this go to the Library of Congress' website at:

http://thomas.loc.go...13:HR00684:@@@P

This bill is not dead. If you don't want it to come true, let your elected representatives know how you feel about this.

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