Did Republicans Promise Democrats and Big Business an Internet Sales Tax Vote This Year?

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Insiders on K Street have reported a secret plan that Republican Leadership will soon bring to the floor of either the U.S. House or the U.S. Senate a bill that would increase taxes consumers pay on purchases made over the Internet. Previous press reports have relayed a promise that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made to the Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin back in February—that Leader McConnell would schedule a vote on an Internet-tax-increase bill sometime this year in exchange for Whip Durbin dropping his opposition to the customs conference report. This quid pro quo is bad enough, but what makes it worse is that the Leadership is reportedly planning on bringing up the bill AFTER the November elections, during what is known as a “lame duck” session of Congress (the time between an election and when the new Congress is sworn in)......

http://conservativeactionproject.com/did-republicans-promise-democrats-and-big-business-an-internet-sales-tax-vote-this-year/