Senate Passes Marketplace Fairness Act
May 7, 2013
The Senate passed the legislation by a vote of 69 to 27. It now goes to the House where passage is less certain. Groups on the right are scoring the vote as a measure of whether GOP representatives are truly conservative or RINOs (Republicans in Name Only).
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