Unlike a lot of potentially one-sided bills out of the House, this bill stands a decent chance of passage. See the details in this article by Michael Cohn in AccountingToday:

http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/government_news/house-committee-passes-bill-banning-state-taxes-on-internet-access-71013-1.html

This really looks like a ban that people are in favor of – think of the dollars it will cost everyone if the states can tax our internet usage! With the midterm elections coming up and all the politicians fighting for their lives, not voting for this bill would be stuff the other side can use to win. Plus, right now this ban has expired every few years, so it will be less work to have to extend the ban – the current extension ends November 1, 2014. Plus this ban extends to Ohio and Texas, states that have an internet tax and were allowed to keep it under the original bill that has been extended since 1998.

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