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InternetNews May 26, 2004 Roy Mark	Net Access Tax Ban: No Compromise in Sight States resist the urge to tax Internet connections in anticipation that Congress will ultimately approve some sort of ban.
InternetNews April 27, 2004 Roy Mark	New Maneuvers on Internet Access Ban Parliamentary maneuvering bottles McCain amendment for a four-year ban on taxing Internet connections.
InternetNews April 27, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Likely to Extend Net Access Tax Ban Urged by President Bush to permanently ban connection taxes, lawmakers are likely to extend new ban.
InternetNews January 21, 2004 Roy Mark	Net Access Tax Ban Still Anyone's Guess Tech trade group accuses states of an election year power play to gain taxing authority over the Internet.
InternetNews November 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Brokers Internet Access Tax Deal Senate negotiators said late Wednesday afternoon that they had cleared the way for Congress to approve a new Internet access tax moratorium that will ban tariffs on most dial-up and broadband connections for the next four years.
InternetNews November 19, 2004 Roy Mark	House Approves Internet Access Tax Ban President Bush promised to sign four-year prohibition on connection taxes.
InternetNews February 23, 2004 Roy Mark	Governors: Keep Net Access Tax Ban Temporary Governors gathering in Washington this week hope to convince Congress to keep any Internet access tax moratorium on electronic commerce and online services temporary. They also want federal lawmakers to keep open a loophole that allows some state and local governments to tax access
InternetNews December 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Bush Signs 'Net Access Tax Moratorium President Bush signed into law a new four-year ban on state and federal taxation of Internet connections, legislation the industry said was needed to promote universal broadband.
InternetNews January 5, 2007 Roy Mark	Wyden: Ban Internet Tax For Good Legislation would put an end to extensions but allow grandfathered states to continue to tax Internet access.
InternetNews September 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Senator: No Tax Breaks For Broadband Lamar Alexander calls high-speed connections the most heavily subsidized new technology in America.
InternetNews April 28, 2004 Roy Mark	McCain Blasts Access Tax Ban Maneuvers Arizona senator calls an amendment to Internet access tax bill a 'parliamentary charade,' as the deadline for compromise looms.
InternetNews February 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Clash on Net Access Ban Senators charge that opponents who have blocked a bill for a permanent and expanded ban view the Internet as a tax cash cow. Governors: Keep Net Access Tax Ban Temporary
InternetNews April 19, 2005 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Revive Net Connect Tax Ban Just months after Congress extends Internet access tax ban by four years, senators push to make measure permanent.
InternetNews June 21, 2007 Roy Mark	Internet Access Tax Ban: Temporary or Permanent? The nearly decade-long debate in Washington heats up again over taxing internet connections.
InternetNews May 23, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate Floats Its Own Internet Tax Bill The ban on Internet access taxes would be extended for another four years under legislation introduced today in the U.S. Senate.
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Post Election, Tech Issues Await Congress Is Voice Over IP an interstate service and exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs?... Legislation is still pending on reviving the expired Internet access tax moratorium and spyware... etc.
InternetNews February 1, 2007 Roy Mark	House Bill Would Ban Connection Taxes Legislation calls for permanent bar on Internet access taxes.
InternetNews October 30, 2007	Bill Extending Internet Tax Ban Goes to Bush The House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday extending a moratorium on state Internet access taxes for seven years, sending the bill to the president to sign into law.
InternetNews October 16, 2007	Net Groups Cheer Reps' Move on Taxes Technology industry groups and lobby outfits heaped praise on the U.S. House of Representatives today after it overwhelmingly passed a bill that extends the moratorium on Internet taxes for another four years.
InternetNews May 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Internet Access Tax Debate Back on House Table Governors warn lawmakers renewal of Internet tax moratorium should be temporary.
InternetNews October 12, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	House Panel OKs Extending Internet Tax Ban Assuming it passes Congress, a new Act would narrow the definition of "access" to a consumer's Internet connection and also exempts e-mail and instant messaging from taxation by local and state authorities.
InternetNews November 1, 2007 Christopher Saunders	Internet Tax Ban Gets Extended President Bush signed into law a temporary ban on Internet taxes that had been set to expire today.
InternetNews March 26, 2004 Roy Mark	Q&A: U.S. Sen. George Allen One of Congress' key technology players discusses Internet taxes, trade disputes, VoIP and government network security.
InternetNews October 26, 2007 Sean Gallagher	House Bill Opens Door to E-mail Tax As legislators inch closer to passing an extension to state and local Internet access tax ban, a recent vote by the U.S. House of Representatives last week may have inadvertently left the door open for taxation on e-mail and other services.
InternetNews November 1, 2004 Roy Mark	Tech Lacks Traction in Presidential Race Pollsters, politicians and pundits have made it well known that the 2004 presidential race is tight for many reasons. But one thing is for certain: Technology policy is not one of them.
InternetNews October 7, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Still Hot on Tech Agenda The House and Senate are battling to session's end on new Internet access tax moratorium and blocking stock option expensing.
InternetNews June 28, 2006 Roy Mark	Telecom Reform Debate Enters Third Day While delaying network neutrality vote, lawmakers deal with a vast array of amendments to overall bill.
InternetNews November 16, 2004 Roy Mark	Tech Hopes Dim With Lame Duck Congress A final, four-day session leaves little time for new Internet access tax moratorium and other items on tech agenda.
InternetNews October 26, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Passes 7-Year Extension to Internet Tax Ban With less than a week before a ban lapses on Internet taxation, the U.S. Senate last night approved a seven-year extension.
InternetNews May 25, 2007 Roy Mark	Bill Seeks to 'Get Our Broadband House in Order' Senator Inouye wants the FCC to devise a better formula for measuring broadband penetration rates.
InternetNews July 20, 2007 Roy Mark	Legislation Would Force New Broadband Rates Senate Commerce Committee approves legislation drilling deeper into broadband penetration rates.
InternetNews July 21, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Sets VoIP Vote Legislation aims to exert exclusive federal jurisdiction over Internet telephony.
InternetNews June 25, 2004 Roy Mark	Bush Stumps For Internet Access Tax Ban President outlines broadband policy calling for fewer taxes and less regulations to achieve universal access by 2007.
InternetNews July 21, 2004 Michael Singer	Users Weigh in on VoIP 'Must Haves' One out of five Internet users surveyed say they are likely to subscribe to VoIP, according to a new report.
InternetNews November 5, 2007 Erin Joyce	Congress, Taxes and Broadband The tax moratorium lives another seven years. Will free community broadband access survive as well?
InternetNews July 22, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Gives VoIP Authority to States Lawmakers amend bill calling for sole federal jurisdiction over IP-based voice services.
InternetNews May 6, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Blocks Anti-Offshoring Measures Democrats fail to limit foreign dividend tax breaks backed by Intel and Microsoft.
InternetNews June 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Showing Little Interest in Net Neutrality The network neutrality debate resumed today in the U.S. Senate the way it ended in the House of Representatives Thursday night: apparently dead on arrival.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Panel Blesses Community Broadband A Senate panel has approved legislation banning states' efforts to prevent local governments from providing community broadband access.
InternetNews May 12, 2004 Roy Mark	EarthLink: Telecom Reform Unnecessary Nation's third largest ISP tells Congress it should focus on enforcing current law, while broadband providers Verizon and Comcast argue for new ones.
InternetNews June 20, 2006 Roy Mark	Dems Rip Net Neutrality Compromise U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, the leading Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, today blasted Republican compromise language on network neutrality.
InternetNews May 4, 2005 Roy Mark	GOP Blames Dems for Slow Tech Agenda Texas Republican Tom DeLay says the Democratic party is only paying lip service to high tech issues.
InternetNews January 7, 2005 Roy Mark	Stumping For Telecom Reform at CES Telecom reformers will barnstorm the Consumer Electronics Show -- not for votes, but for help shaping telecom policy.
InternetNews June 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Network Neutrality: Telecom Reform Spoiler? Lawmakers now face the tough election year question of killing telecom reform for an issue they admittedly don't understand.
Knowledge@Wharton March 12, 2003	The FCC's Latest Telecom Ruling: Far-Reaching, Yes, But Also Far From Clear A recent vote on deregulation by the Federal Communications Commission left many questions unanswered and none of the players in the telecommunications industry entirely satisfied.
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Roy Mark	VoIP Bills Set to Increase In a long anticipated move, the Federal Communications Commission ruled today Voice over IP services must contribute a portion of their revenues to the Universal Service Fund
InternetNews September 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Telecom Reform Hopes Fading Telecom reform is dead in the U.S. Senate - until at least a November lame duck session, U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens said.
InternetNews December 23, 2003 Roy Mark	Broadband Growth Slightly Cools High-speed connections increased 18% during the first half of 2003 to put 23.5 million lines into service.
CIO September 30, 2008 Grant Gross	Where the Candidates Stand on Five Technology Issues The 2008 presidential election gives CIOs and other IT executives a choice of Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama who are both interested in technology-related issues.
InternetNews December 15, 2003 Roy Mark	Internet Sales Tax Gains Ally A Delaware senator says untaxed online sales undermine his state's appeal to tourists as a sales tax-free shopping haven.