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eBay Asks Users to Fight National Sales Tax Bill
eBay Inc. is trying to enlist its users in a fight against a national online sales tax bill.Voices
Reid Seeks to Expedite Online Sales Tax Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is setting up online sales tax legislation for a possible vote on the Senate floor after the chamber completes work on gun legislation.News Byte
West Virginia May Ban Google Glass-ing While Driving
West Virginia legislators proposed a bill on Friday aimed at Google Glass that would ban using a wearable computer with a head-mounted display while driving a car. What’s ironic is Google is building the device to try to distract people less than smartphones already do. But that still may be too much for lawmakers. Either way it’s a smart stunt to get out ahead of upcoming outcry, just like the Seattle bar that preemptively banned Glass.Post-Election, CrunchGov’s Ferenstein Talks About What’s Up Next for Tech and Politics
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Google’s Driverless Car Draws Political Power
Google has been working with a network of local lobbyists and in-house policy experts to woo legislators with demonstrations and rides in its exotic cars.News Byte
Facebook Beats Its Own Quarterly Lobbying Spending Record
Facebook spent $960,000 on lobbying Congress in the second quarter, according to a recent disclosure filing. That’s the most the company has spent on lobbying in a single quarter, as National Journal notes. Among the issues lobbied were various consumer privacy acts, do-not-track legislation and the Global Online Freedom Act. Google also broke its own second-quarter record, spending close to $4 million.Voices
Plan for U.S. “Entrepreneur’s Visa” Moves Forward
A bipartisan group of senators will introduce legislation Tuesday that would seek to make it easier for foreign students who hold post-graduate degrees in math, science or engineering from American colleges to remain in the U.S. after they finish their studies.News Byte
House Approves Revised Crowdfunding Bill, Sends It to Obama
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed with a vote of 380-41 a final version of the JOBS Act, revised to conform with the Senate version. The new bill reduces the amount that unaccredited investors are allowed to contribute to “crowdfunding” for small companies. It also pushes the maximum number of shareholders a private company can have without falling under financial reporting regulations to 2,000, from 500.Senate Passes Crowdfunding Bill With Added Protections for Nonaccredited Investors
The U.S. Senate today approved, 73-26, an amended version of legislation that will legalize “crowdfunding,” or equity investments in start-ups by the general public.
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