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IP: More on Congress ratifies Illegal Internet Tax (was Re: Clinton
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 13:05:53 -0400
Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 12:05:39 -0400 From: Darrell Greenwood <darrell_greenwood () mindlink net> At 8:28 PM -0700 5/1/98, Dan Steinberg wrote:
Gordon Cook wrote:At least Bode doesn't get rich from his ill advised suit..Don't be so sure. There are still a few cards left to play. For one thing, NSF's appeal leaves the door open for ongoing litigation unless they wake up and withdraw the appeal very quickly. For another, Bode could (and probably will) challenge the ratification.
.. from http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,21722,00.html Last night, the Senate approved a "conference report"--a compromise agreement between the House and Senate--on the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill (H.R.3579). Among its many provisions, such as $2.86 billion for defense and $2.6 billion for disaster assistance, was the retroactive approval of the domain name registration tax. The Senate vote was 88 to 11. The measure had previously been approved by the House. "I don't know of one senator who even saw the language imposing the tax or even knew about it," Sartori said. He suggested that the provision was actually inserted by congressional staffers without telling their bosses--something that occasionally happens in Washington. William Bode, the attorney for opponents of the tax, said he will review the legislative provision carefully to determine whether it satisfies "the strict standards for ratification." "As a general matter, Congress can only ratify unconstitutional bills through general bills, not appropriation bills," Bode said. -- Darrell Greenwood mailto:Darrell_Greenwood () mindlink net Vancouver, BC http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/
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