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Senate shows support for Internet sales taxes

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In this video image from Senate Television, senators speak Friday on the floor of the Senate during voting on an amendment to the budget resolution at the Capitolin Washington.

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Advocates of an effort to help states collect taxes on Internet sales won a symbolic but important victory Friday as the Senate signaled solid bipartisan support for the proposal.Senators voted 75-24 for a nonbinding measure that endorses giving states more power to collect existing sales taxes on purchases their residents make from out-of-state Internet companies.

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