Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell today announced that he will co-sponsor S.156, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007, saying, "Congress should encourage innovation and broadband deployment, not tax the life out of it."

On November 1st of this year the current moratorium on Internet acccess taxes will expire unless Congress takes action to extend it or make it permanent.

Senator McConnell also stated, “Americans’ Internet access bills shouldn't begin to resemble their phone bills, with countless separate taxes and fees. Taxing Internet access raises costs to consumers while discouraging innovation, and we should act now to block these taxes permanently."