Senators Reintroduce Marketplace Fairness Act Last week, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), reintroduced the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would give states the authority to…
Senate Budget Chairman Michael Enzi is expected to soon reintroduce the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would give states the authority to require online and other remote retailers to collect sales…
Yesterday the House approved a spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which was operating under a continuing resolution set to expire in February. The bill (HR 240)…
Lawson Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute devotes a Human Events column to problems associated with the so-called federal Marketplace Fairness Act. The MFA undermines state sovereignty. Empowering a state…
Lawson Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute outlines for Human Events readers positive steps the outgoing Congress could take before leaving Washington for the holidays. [F]or members of Congress who…
The US Senate and US House went into recess in late September and are now returning to Washington today to resume unfinished business during the lame duck period. The House…
Both the Senate and the House passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government from October 1 through December 11, 2014. This legislation also authorized the training and sending…
Now that North Carolina lawmakers have finished their 2014-15 state budget plan, Becki Gray and Terry Stoops offer their analysis of the budget’s key provisions during the next edition of…
Ray Lehmann of the R Street Institute submits information about a new survey conducted for his think tank and the National Taxpayers Union. Americans overwhelmingly oppose new legislation, like the Marketplace…
The Marketplace Fairness Act is going to be voted on this week in the US Senate – legislation that would give states the authority to require most online and other…
Jim McTague of Barron’s devotes his latest “D.C. Current” column to the growing support for federal legislation that would force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes. This year in the…