The major objective of this joint effort is for UNESCO to provide assistance to its Member States by creating a reference table of country names and abbreviations for countries whose official languages are based on Cyrillic script.
"While the Chamber applauds extension of AMT relief, it strongly opposes raising taxes to fund relief from a tax that was never intended as a revenue raiser, " the business group's top lobbyist, Bruce Josten, said in a letter sent to member of the House of Representatives Wednesday, in reference to the bill that would temporarily curb the tax.
Commission member Slade Gorton, a former Republican senator from Washington, said the reference to the 70 FBI investigations was the most important feature in the memo.