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Senate OKs online sales tax
The Senate voted Monday to allow states to assess a sales tax on purchases from Amazon.com, eBay and other online retailers in a bipartisan measure that would also reduce the increase planned for Maryland's gas tax. The bill, which passed 69-27, would...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Amazon.com Inc., E-Commerce Industry, U.S. House of Representatives
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Bill to require sales tax for online purchases advances in Senate
Online shoppers would have to pay state sales taxes on more purchases under legislation that advanced in the U.S. Senate on Monday — but Marylanders could also wind up paying a smaller increase in gasoline taxes. Bricks-and-mortar stores have long...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, E-Commerce Industry, U.S. House of Representatives, Lobbying
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Bay group says cleanup to create more than 230,000 jobs
— Federal regulations intended to clean the Chesapeake Bay will create hundreds of thousands of jobs in construction and monitoring, according to a report to be released Tuesday by a leading environmental group.
Spending on sewage and storm-water...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. House of Representatives, Labor Markets, Environmental Pollution, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Look who's against clean water
Water has a tendency to flow downhill. This has been known for quite some time — to the point one might have assumed word had penetrated the hallowed halls of the U.S. House of Representatives by now.
Alas, it appears not. Last Wednesday, the House...Tags: Regional Authority, Rob Wittman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Aquaculture, Consumer Goods Industries
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Senate immigration bill to aid economy, budget office says
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House-backed bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system got a boost on Tuesday when the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that the measure would cut federal budget deficits and boost the U.S. economy. The...Tags: Mexico, Jeff Sessions, John Hoeven, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, National Security
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Editorial: Buy online? Pay the tax
A bill that would require the collection of sales taxes due for online purchases sailed through the U.S. Senate in a 69-27 vote in May, but it faces tougher going in the House. The Marketplace Fairness Act would require virtual merchants to collect...
Tags: Walmart, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business, Sales, U.S. Senate
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Senate rejects Republican effort to gut immigration bill
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark immigration bill survived a major challenge in the Senate on Thursday when its bipartisan "Gang of Eight" sponsors beat back an amendment that would have delayed a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal residents....Tags: G8, Dick Durbin, Mexico, Michael F. Bennet, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Laying odds on immigration bill's future
The immigration debate that began this week in the Senate looms as the most consequential in years - for the country's growing Hispanic population and both major political parties. The bill's fate could have more effect on future presidential and...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Polls, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Immigration, Barack Obama
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House votes to stop deportation deferrals
WASHINGTON - The partisan divide over immigration reform was exposed Thursday as House Republicans voted to stop funding the Obama administration program that has halted deportation of young immigrants who are in high school or college, or have served...Tags: Voting, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, National Security, Extradition, International Law
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Online tax cheats: Being young is no excuse
Contrary to what it claimed Thursday, the libertarian advocacy group Generation Opportunity hasn't killed a Senate-passed bill to compel most online retailers to collect sales taxes. But the group seems to have done its best to mislead and confuse the...
Tags: Television Industry, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Software, E-Commerce Industry, Social Media
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Orphan Black'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of June 2 - 8, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- TV HIGHLIGHTS SERIES Orphan Black Sarah...
Tags: Barry Bostwick, Evan Bayh, News Media, The Washington Post, Eddie Murphy
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U.S. House won't follow Senate lead on immigration bill -Boehner
Reuters* Bill faces difficult path in House * Concern over healthcare issue By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday his chamber would chart its own path on...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party, Migration, Steny Hoyer
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