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“thanks to my colleagues who are on the floor, especially Senator Alexander. Senator Enzi and I owe the Senator a great debt of gratitude for his work on this bill, in helping us craft the bill and bring the support together. I ask unanimous consent that the following four editorials be printed in the Record, from the New York Times, the Idaho State Journal, the Green Bay Press Gazette, and the Northwest Herald of Illinois. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the New York Times, May 1, 2013] Fairness on Sales Taxes (Editorial Board) Twenty-one years is a long time to wait. But that is how long local retailers have waited for Congress to undo a 1992 Supreme Court decision that exempted many online retailers, like Amazon.com, from collecting most state sales taxes. The exemption has given online sellers a 5 percent to 10 percent price advantage over Main Street stores. The wait, however, may soon be over. Next week, the Senate is expected to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013, a bipartisan bill that would authorize states to require out- of-state sellers with more than $1 million in sales to collect sales taxes. The states, in turn, must simplify their sales-tax codes and give retailers free software to calculate the taxes--steps already taken by most states. An identical bill in the House also has bipartisan support.…”