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• Position: POINT OF ORDER: NCSL NEWS - National Conference of State Legislatures officials - Brief article

"It is looking really good. The last couple of years people have been saying, 'This is the year, this is the year.' But after last Wednesday's hearing, it really does look like this is the year."

--Max Behlke, NCSL manager for state-federal relations, on chances Congress will pass legislation allowing states and localities to collect sales taxes from online purchases, in Governing magazine

"I think basically states are finding that there are savings, but it takes time to see it."

--Wendy Underhill, NCSL program manager, on the online voter registration trend, in the Washington Times

"This whole awareness campaign is pretty different. Only time will tell if it's effective, but it certainly has attracted a lot of attention, even outside of Minnesota."

--Katie Fischer Ziegler, NCSL program manager, on a DFL-backed package of womenfriendly bills known as the Women's Economic...