Pictured are members of the eBay Inc. Government Relations team, along with San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, San Jose City Council Members, and other recognized companies.
On December 9, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and the City Council presented commendations to eBay, PayPal and other technology companies acknowledging their innovation and commitment to the community.
In a blog post last week, Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) President Tom Giovanetti called on Congress to reject attempts to attach the Senate passed Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) to the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA). Over the past several months, Senate leadership has indicated their desire to marry the two pieces of legislation in the final weeks of Congress. However, opponents of the MFA believe that combining the two bills would be ba
This week, the Sacramento Bee published an opinion piece by Brandon Arnold, executive vice president of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), arguing that the Senate passed Marketplace Fairness Act would negatively impact consumers and small tech-enabled businesses next holiday season. “If some members of Congress get their way, you might be short $360 come next Christmas”, wrote Arnold. “The legislation would remove constitutionally enshrined limitations on commercial regulation by empowering state governments to collect taxes on interstate transactions.
During a closed door meeting this week, Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH), renewed his previous commitment to not move the Senate passed Marketplace Fairness Act in the House in the remaining weeks of Congress. Attending the meeting were roughly 30 House Republicans, among them co-sponsors of the bill and members of the Judiciary Committee that has jurisdiction over the bill.
This week, The Hill published a commentary piece from Hamilton Davison, president and executive director of American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA), that supported Speaker John Boehner’s decision to not move the Marketplace Fairness Act forward during the lame duck session of Congress. “House Speaker John A.