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MyWireless.org(R) Thanks Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Trent Franks (R-AZ), Joins Their Call for Passage of 5-Year Cell Phone Tax Relief Legislation
March 17, 2009With wireless consumers already paying on average more than 15% a month in taxes and fees on their cell phone bills, the national consumer advocacy coalition MyWireless.org(R) called today for a 5-year break for consumers from new, discriminatory state and local wireless taxes and fees. Bipartisan legislation intended to provide consumers that protection, entitled the 'Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009,' or H.R. 1521, was re-introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill was introduced by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Trent Franks (R-AZ), and it calls for a federal moratorium to be placed on unfair, new state and local wireless taxes and fees for five years. In these tough economic times, Representatives Lofgren and Franks are taking common sense action on behalf of millions of hard-working Americans, seeking to provide much-needed tax relief. MyWireless.org urges the 111th Congress to follow their leadership on this issue. Full release.