Key Votes
S 150 - Internet Access Tax Bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Rick Santorum voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- Dec. 3, 2004 Executive Signed
- Nov. 19, 2004 House Bill Passed
- April 29, 2004 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 13, 2003 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 108-435 - Dec. 3, 2004
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - Nov. 19, 2004
NOTE: THIS VOTE WAS TAKEN UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO CUT OFF DEBATE EARLY AND VOTE TO PASS THE BILL, THEREBY REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (93-3) - April 29, 2004 (Key vote)
Title: Internet Access Tax Bill
Vote to pass a bill to extend the Internet tax moratorium.
- Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make the moratorium on taxes on Internet access and certain taxes on electronic commerce permanent until November 7, 2007 (Sec. 2).
- Permits taxation on Internet access in cases where charges on Internet use cannot be differentiated from telecommunications service charges (Sec. 4).
- Permits taxation on Voice Over Internet Protocol services (Sec. 6).
- Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to congressional committees on the impact of the Internet tax moratorium on state and local government revenues and on the deployment and adoption of broadband technologies for Internet access throughout the United States (Sec. 7).
Sponsors
- George Felix Allen (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Evan Bayh (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel D. 'Sam' Brownback (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Bunning (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Conrad R. Burns (MT - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Eric Ensign (NV - R) (Out Of Office)
- Judd A. Gregg (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick J. Leahy (VT - D)
- Zell Bryan Miller (GA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Gordon Harold Smith (OR - R) (Out Of Office)
- John E. Sununu (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- John William Warner (VA - R) (Out Of Office)