Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., slipped the Internet Tax...

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., slipped the Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act text into an amendment to HR-3474, the Hire More Heroes Act, last week. Thune, ranking member of the Commerce Committee, submitted the amendment along with Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. The amendment is SA-3113. It would include “a permanent moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce,” pointing to the many state jurisdictions that now exist. “The provision of affordable access to the Internet is fundamental to the American economy and access to it must be protected from multiple and discriminatory taxes at the State and local level."