{"id":2079,"date":"2013-07-11T11:48:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T15:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2013-07-11T11:48:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T15:48:06","slug":"contact-your-congressional-representative-to-move-marketplace-fairness-in-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2013\/07\/11\/contact-your-congressional-representative-to-move-marketplace-fairness-in-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Your Congressional Representative to Move Marketplace Fairness in House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that the Marketplace Fairness bill, referred to also as the online sales tax parity issue, has moved to the US House of Representatives, local officials need to be contacting their Congressional Representative to urge them to move the bill. Currently, the House introduced bill, H.R. 684, is in the House Judiciary Committee. But, while\u00a0the bill is not up for the full House yet, we still need to\u00a0communicate with our delegation so they know how important this issue is to local communities. You can get contact information for your member of Congress here<\/a>. \u00a0This parity would bring hundreds of millions in lost revenue back to Michigan! Urge your Congressperson to Support the Marketplace Fairness Bill!<\/p>\n

Summer Minnick is the Director of Policy Initiaves and Federal Affairs. She can be reached at 517-908-0301 or sminnick@mml.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that the Marketplace Fairness bill, referred to also as the online sales tax parity issue, has moved to the US House of Representatives, local officials need to be contacting their Congressional Representative to urge them to move the bill. 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