States are Losing Money This Holiday Season with On-Line sales Streamlined system makes it easier for retailers to collect sales taxes WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Steven Rauschenberger, past president of the National Conference of State Legislatures and the former assistant Republican leader of the Illinois Senate, will testify before the House Subcommittee on Administrative and Commercial Law in support of "The Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act" or H.R. 3396. Sponsored in the House by Massachusetts Congressman William Delahunt and Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood, the bill responds to the eight-year effort by state legislators, governors and the private sector to...