UPDATE: On 10-25-07, the Senate approved a 7 year extension.  The House and Senate must reconcile the number of years before being sent to the President to get signed into law.

The 1998 Internet Tax Freedom Act was a United States law authored by Representative Chris Cox and Senator Ron Wyden, and signed into law on October 21, 1998 by President Bill Clinton in an effort to promote and preserve the commercial, educational, and informational potential of the Internet. This law bars federal, state and local governments from taxing Internet access and from imposing discriminatory Internet-only taxes such as bit taxes, bandwidth taxes, and email taxes. The law also bars multiple taxes on electronic commerce. [from Wikipedia]

On October 16, 2007, the House of Representatives overwhemingly supported a four-year extension of this moratorium.  The Internet Tax Freedom Act extension, HR 3678, passed 405-2.  For the extension to become law, it still must be passed by the Senate, S1453, and get signed into law by George Bush.   

A ban on Internet taxes was first enacted in 1994. Congress has since extended that moratorium twice, once in 2001 and then again in 2004. If this moratorium is allowed to expire, new taxes on the Internet and other forms of e-commerce would raise the cost of what has traditionally been an inexpensive source of information to a potentially much higher amount. Some lawmakers argue the cost for the Internet would rise by about 20% if the moratorium is not extended or made permanent.

Complete the petition below to urge your Senators to do their job and stand up for your freedom - by supporting the extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act.  This petition will ask your Senators to support either the 4 year extension or a permanent ban on taxing the Internet.