The following is a legislative alert from the Association of
Online Professionals, the primary professional association of
Internet Service Providers and other professionals who manage
online services.
Please give it the widest possible distribution.
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Internet Tax Bill Faces Crucial Vote: Your action needed.
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On Thursday, June 19, the Internet Tax Freedom Act will face a
crucial vote in the US Senate Commerce Committee. Though the
bill has had strong support in the Senate, the state taxing
authorities has engaged in an 11th-hour blitz of misinformation
and misrepresentation in order to attempt to get the bill killed.
It is essential that your voice be heard, and that the members
of the Senate who will vote tomorrow know how you, the voters,
feel about this issue.
The Internet Tax Freedom Act will bar taxation of your access to
the Internet by the states. It does not pre-empt the rights of
the state to tax other forms of online commerce, or to impose
appropriate business taxes. It does, in keeping with the US
Constitution, forbid the states from taxing interstate commerce.
All Internet providers and their subscribers, particularly those
from the states in which these Senators were elected, are asked to
comment. Politely. Gently. Encourage them to vote in favor of
the Internet Tax Freedom Act on Thursday.
Call their offices or fax a statement. Either will be more
effective than email.
Please contact the following Senators, who are supporters of the
bill, and encourage them to keep fighting for us:
Senator John McCain, Arizona
Phone: (202) 224-2235
Fax: (202) 228-2862
Email: Senator_McCain@mccain.senate.gov
Senator John F. Kerry, Massachusetts
Phone: (202) 224-2742
Fax: (202) 224-8525
Email: john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov
Senator Ron Wyden, Oregon
Phone: (202) 224-5244
Fax: (202) 228-2717
Email: senator@wyden.senate.gov
The following DO NOT SUPPORT the bill, and need to hear from you!
Senator Byron L. Dorgan
Phone: (202) 224-2551
Fax: (202) 224-1193
Email: senator@dorgan.senate.gov
Senator Richard H. Bryan, Nevada
Phone: (202) 224-6244
Fax: (202) 224-1867
Email: senator@bryan.senate.gov
Senator John B. Breaux, Louisiana
Phone: (202) 224-4623
Fax: (202) 228-2577
Email: senator@breaux.senate.gov
Senator Ted Stevens, Alaska
Phone: (202) 224-3004
Fax: (202) 224-2354
Email: Senator_Stevens@stevens.senate.gov
Senator Conrad R. Burns, Montana
Phone: (202) 224-2644
Fax: (202) 224-8594
Email: conrad_burns@burns.senate.gov
Senator Slade Gorton, Washington
Phone: (202) 224-3441
Fax: (202) 224-9393
Email: Senator_Gorton@gorton.senate.gov
Senator Trent Lott, Mississippi
Phone: (202) 224-6253
Fax: (202) 224-2262
Email: senatorlott@lott.senate.gov
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas
Phone: (202) 224-5922
Fax: (202) 224-0776
Email: senator@hutchison.senate.gov
Senator Olympia Snowe, Maine
Phone: (202) 224-5344
Fax: (202) 224-1946
Email: Olympia@snowe¨˙˙?®ę@.senate.gov
Senator John Ashcroft, Missouri
Phone: (202) 224-6154
Fax: (202) 228-5126
Email: john_ashcroft@ashcroft.senate.gov
Senator Spencer Abraham, Michigan
Phone: (202) 224-4822
Fax: (202) 224-8834
Email: michigan@abraham.senate.gov
Senator Sam Brownback, Kansas
Phone: (202) 224-6521
Fax: (202) 1-913-295-2748
Email: sam_brownback@brownback.senate.gov
Senator Ernest F. Hollings, South Carolina
Phone: (202) 224-6121
Fax: (202) 224-4293
Email: senator@hollings.senate.gov
Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii
Phone: (202) 224-3934
Fax: (202) 224-6747
Email: senator@inouye.senate.gov
Senator Wendell H. Ford, Tennessee
Phone: (202) 224-4343
Fax: (202) 224-0046
Email: wendell_ford@ford.senate.gov
Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV, West Virginia
Phone: (202) 224-6472
Fax: (202) 228-7665
Email: senator@rockefeller.senate.gov
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David P. McClure (703) 924-5800 Voice
Executive Director (703) 924-5901 Fax
Association of Online Professionals http://www.aop.org
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