Senate Commerce cmte approves tax freedom bill 14-5

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

[Right now I'm over at the Digital/Altavista summit to discuss rating
systems in search engines so I missed the vote. (Barry Steinhardt from the
ACLU just finished speaking. Sen. Judd Gregg, a CDA fan, spoke this
morning.) This bill limits local and state governments' ability to tax the
Net. --Declan]

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(forwarded to me by a House staffer)

>The full Senate Commerce Committee voted today 14-5 to approve an amended
>version of the Internet Tax Freedom Act.  Here's how members voted:
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>14 Yes: McCain, Stevens, Burns, Snowe, Ashcroft, Frist, Abraham, Brownback,
>Hollings, Inouye, Rockefeller, Kerry, Breaux, Wyden
>5 No: Gorton, Hutchinson, Ford, Bryan, Dorgan
>1 Did not vote: Lott