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Line 37: − − Senator Wyden and Cong. Chris Cox sponsored the Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibits multiple, new, and technologically discriminatory taxes targeting the internet. The Internet Tax Freedom Act was signed into law by President [[Bill Clinton]] on November 2008.<ref>[http://techlawjournal.com/taxation/20000203.htm Cox and Wyden Introduce Internet Non-Discrimination Act]</ref>
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Senator Wyden also worked with Republican legislators on different issues. In 1997, he collaborated with Iowa Sen. Charles Grassly for the passage of a provision in the Senate Reform Bill to scrap secret holds, which will require any senator to reveal his identity if he does not agree to a particular legislation or a nominee.The opposition should be submitted in the Congressional Record within three days. Wyden and Grassley's bi-partisan effort earned a majority vote (84-13) from their colleagues in the Senate in 2006.<ref>[http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=6724 Senate Approves Wyden-Grassley Plan to Get Rid of Secret Holds]</ref> In 2010, both Senators are again working together to end secret holds as part of the Wall Street Reform Bill.<ref>[http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/banking-financial-institutions/96009-wyden-grassley-want-to-end-secret-holds-in-wall-street-bill Wyden, Grassley want end to secret holds as part of Wall Street reform bill]</ref>
Senator Wyden also worked with Republican legislators on different issues. In 1997, he collaborated with Iowa Sen. Charles Grassly for the passage of a provision in the Senate Reform Bill to scrap secret holds, which will require any senator to reveal his identity if he does not agree to a particular legislation or a nominee.The opposition should be submitted in the Congressional Record within three days. Wyden and Grassley's bi-partisan effort earned a majority vote (84-13) from their colleagues in the Senate in 2006.<ref>[http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=6724 Senate Approves Wyden-Grassley Plan to Get Rid of Secret Holds]</ref> In 2010, both Senators are again working together to end secret holds as part of the Wall Street Reform Bill.<ref>[http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/banking-financial-institutions/96009-wyden-grassley-want-to-end-secret-holds-in-wall-street-bill Wyden, Grassley want end to secret holds as part of Wall Street reform bill]</ref>
In 2009, Wyden worked with Sen. Olympia Snowe from Maine to incorporate the provision in the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 requiring financial institutions that recipients of bail-out money from
In 2009, Wyden worked with Sen. Olympia Snowe from Maine to incorporate the provision in the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 requiring financial institutions that recipients of bail-out money from