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Media Advisory E-Freedom Coalition News Conference Schedule Released by Staff on 11/09/99 of e-Freedom Coalition	Press Releases by Release Date by Organization Media Advisories by Release Date by Organization Opinions/Editorial by Release Date by Organization All Press Releases/ Editorial/ Media Advisories by Release Date by Organization
E-Freedom Coalition News Conference Contacts: Emily McGee (Competitive Enterprise Institute) (202) 331-1010 Pete Sepp (National Taxpayers Union) 703-683-5700 Christin Tinsworth (Citizens for a Sound Economy) 202-942-7672 Kasich, Boehner and two Commissioners on fed e-Commerce panel to Headline Coalition News Conference Announcing Plan to Keep e-Taxes OFF-Line *Formal Proposal to Federal Advisory Commission on E-Commerce* Who: House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich (R-OH), Representative John Boehner (R-OH), Representatives of the e-Freedom Coalition (Heritage Foundation, Competitive Enterprise Institute, National Taxpayers Union, Americans for Tax Reform, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Institute for Policy Innovation, Consumer Alert, and other groups), Commissioners Sokul and Norquist of the federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce What: News conference unveiling a formal proposal to the federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce and announcing a nationwide educational campaign alerting Americans to the dangers of new tax collection schemes online. The proposal offers a low-tax plan for dealing with Internet tax and regulatory issues, and tearing down barriers to access. Reps. John Kasich and John Boehner will discuss their plans for fighting taxes online. When: Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM (prompt) (Please note this event for credentialed media only.) Where: First Amendment Lounge, National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20045 Background: The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce is the panel created by Congress to study issues related to Internet taxation. Whether and how to tax electronic commerce has emerged as an increasingly controversial issue as time runs out on the federal moratorium on special e-commerce taxes. Several groups representing state and local politicians are readying their own proposal that would tax virtually all products sold on-line, soaking cyberspace with a new tax collection scheme and threatening the Internet's growth and its associated economic benefits. The e-Freedom Coalition will present a low-tax approach to the Internet that tears down government-imposed barriers to Net access, and will keep taxes for online purchases low.