Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is attempting to bypass the Senate Finance Committee and bring the Marketplace Fairness Act to a vote as early as next week. eBay continues to fight, as we have for more than 15 years, to protect small online businesses and sellers. Below is the full letter from CEO John Donahoe to eBay users.
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On April 19th, a group of 18 taxpayer advocacy groups and conservative think tanks sent a letter to all 100 Senate offices expressing opposition to the Internet sales tax bill that will likely be voted on next week on the Senate floor. In their letter the groups argue that the bill could cause serious damage to electronic and Interstate commerce by:
On April 18th, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed a motion for the U.S. Senate to take up the Internet sales tax bill on the Senate floor the week of April 22nd. eBay Inc.
On Thursday Utah Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, urged caution on a decision about the so-called “Marketplace Fairness Act” in the Senate. Said the Senator:
This week, WWE Wrestler Glenn Jacobs, better known to his fans as “Kane”, joined the Jerry Doyle radio show to speak out against the Internet sales tax legislation that is currently moving through Congress. Listen to Kane express his reasons for why he thinks the current legislation is an unprecedented expansion of government authority.
Today Tod Cohen, eBay Inc. Vice President of Global Government Relations and Deputy General Counsel, spoke at the Contested Spaces Conference in London, England. Hosted by eBay and King’s College of London, the Contest Spaces Conference was designed to bring together key figures from the worlds of political campaigning, business, technology policymaking and academia to examine the Internet’s impact on electoral politics, society, commerce and government. Explaining eBay’s role in sponsoring the event, Tod said:
Last week, the Wyoming Liberty Group, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that prepares citizens for informed, active and confident involvement in local and state government, published an article that warns of the dangers of Senator Enzi’s (R-WY) Internet sales tax bill currently moving through the Senate. The Wyoming Liberty Group calls the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act a “Trojan Horse&rdquo