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lican leaders warned an Internet
commission yesterday that the
P-led Congress is in no mood to
stpand taxes on electronic com-
I rce, including sales taxes on pur-
:| ises across state borders.
B“Ihis idea is not a popular one in
Ingress or among the American
Jftple,” wrote three dozen GOP
at makers in a letter to the Adviso-
•I Commission on Electronic Com-
rl rce, which is holding its second
)J our meetings.
Blhe 19-member panel of busi
es and government officials was
J ited by Congress last year to rec-
d|intend future tax policy on Inter
business and is supposed to fi-
ize recommendations by April.
300 t'lHat same law imposed a three-year
ILucratorium on new Internet taxes.
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Majority Whip Tom DeLay, both of
Texas, said many Republicans were
troubled by indications that the pan
el was examining “how to tax the In
ternet, rather than whether to tax
the Internet.”
“An academic exercise
on new ways to tax
the internet is not
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— GOP letter to Advisory
Commission on Electronic Commerce
The lawmakers urged the panel to
focus on international implications
of U.S. tax decisions and on how
American business might be affect
ed by “complex and excessive state
and local taxes on e-commerce. ”
“You should also know that there
are many members that will oppose
any new taxes on the Internet,” the
GOP letter said. “An academic exer
cise on new ways to tax the Internet
is not productive and does not reflect
the intent of Congress in establish
ing the commission.”
Such a position puts the House
Republicans at odds with state and
local government officials, who fear
growth in Internet commerce will
siphon away sales tax and other rev
enue needed for schools, roads, fire
protection and law enforcement.
“If state and local governments
lose billions [of dollars], be assured
county governments will have to in
crease property taxes or income tax
es to make up the difference — or
cut essential community services,”
Larry Naake, executive director of
the National Association of Coun
ties, said.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The head of the
pss America pageant yesterday backed off plans to
Bow women who have been divorced or pregnant
io compete for the title, saying no final decision has
n made.
Robert L. Beck, CEO of the Miss America Organi-
ig very, very Btion, said the pageant’s board of directors has
1 all just have #'eed to hold off implementing the changes pend-
ir Robert Ear. inf! talks with state pageant operators,
rom Frankfc Jrhe Associated Press reported Monday the
ndustry trade pageant had decided to break with nearly 50 years
automaker:: of tradition by striking provisions in the contestant
al as a tempi; Tracts that require women to swear they have
residentSie: aever been married and never been pregnant.
ioth GMandpJi The state pageant officials are furious about the
y name aE: Proposed changes and said the revisions would mar
informati * e “high moral standards” the Miss America
health-c; • **geant has stood for.
inment f<‘«r Former Miss America winners, current contes-
) be amor' l a Ts and the former CEO of the pageant have lined
y were du: up against the changes.
“It’s just sad,” Jack Lawson, chair of the Miss
Montana pageant, said.
State pageant directors who asked not to be named
yesterday said there would be defections by states
from the Miss America program if the changes stand.
“I don’t know what the outcome of the dialogue
will be,” Beck said yesterday in his first public state
ments about the controversy.
Asked if there was a chance that the old rules will
stand, he said: “That’s always a possibility.”
The new rules, adopted at a June meeting of the
board, would require contestants to swear that “I am
unmarried” and “I am not the natural or adoptive
parent of any child.”
They would open the door to divorcees, women
who have had abortions and women who have giv
en birth to children who later died.
The idea was to bring the contestant contract into
compliance with New Jersey laws against discrimi
nation, Beck said in an affidavit filed in court as part
of the legal action.
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