Catalogers take on
the hill.
Instead of mourning over what they consider a rush job by the Senate to pass
a flawed bill, 22 key members of the American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA)
will walk Capitol Hill today and ask House members for a more realistic Marketplace
Fairness Act than the one passed in a 69-27 vote yesterday. “Obviously, we're disappointed, but it's not unexpected,” said ACMA President and Executive Director Hamilton Davison, as he prepared to rally the group of CEOs and senior executives for visits to members of the House Judiciary and Oversight & Government Reform Committees. “This really is a job killer for medium and small catalogers and Internet marketers.
Tax-free
online shopping may soon become a thing of the past. A bill allowing states to
collect sales taxes on the Internet passed the Senate Monday evening 67 to 27.
President Obama has supported the measure, but first it has to get through the
House, where it faces an uncertain future.
