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Earlier this week, Linda Campanella, a resident of Yatesville, Texas, expressed her opinion about the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act pending in Congress in an editorial published in The Dallas Post.

Earlier this month, representatives from PayPal Government Relation team, along other industry leaders and EU financial attachés, attended an event hosted by the European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) of which PayPal is a leading member.

Last week, Tod Cohen, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel of Government Relations at eBay Inc was interviewed on eBay radio.

This week, Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), met with David Lahme, owner of President of TradePort USA, to discuss their concerns with the Internet sales tax legislation currently pending in Congress.

Yesterday, the Washington, D.C. based policy studies organization, The Aspen Institute, hosted a debate on the issue of Network Neutrality and preserving the open Internet.

Andrew Borakove, owner of Gongs Unlimited in Lincoln, Nebraska, recently submitted an op-ed on the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act that would require tech-enabled small businesses to comply with sales tax laws and regulations in states where they have no presence.

Last week, Ben Werlin, co-owner of Music Store Live, was interviewed by the Burlington Free Press on how the pending Internet sales tax bill in Congress would impact small businesses like his.

eBay Inc., in coordination with the Internet Association, had the recent pleasure of hosting a delegation of senior Capitol Hill staff as they learned more about eBay Inc.'s business model and the public policy initiatives important to eBay Inc. and its user community.

Rick Courtemanche, resident of New Hampshire, recently submitted a letter to the editor of Seacoast Online that thanked Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) for opposing the Marketplace Fairness Act.