But the fact that the bill's chief author cannot offer a direct assurance that it won't happen is one of many reasons why the Senate should beskepticalabout this Internet sales tax expansion.
Our professional skepticism has to be that without strong audit standards and a strong duty of care and a strong sense of clarity about what auditors do we have to beskeptical that management and financial statement preparers will provide the information voluntarily or be willing to acknowledge the significance of the information.
But Nissen argues that the fact that there's so little evidence about the effectiveness of Zetia is a reason to be more skeptical when it comes to safety.
Talk to the window manufacturer in Philadelphia who said he used to beskepticalabout the Recovery Act, until he had to add two more work shifts just because of the business it created.
"With anyone else, you'd be worried, " says analyst James Sullivan of the Green Street Advisors research firm, who generally is skepticalabout REITs doing construction.
And the future is that clean energy -- cleaner forms of energy are going to be increasingly important, because even if folks are still skeptical in some cases about climate change in our politics and in Congress, the world is not skepticalabout it.