1.   He added that the moratorium would be extended if other countries followed suit.

2.   Also Wednesday, Senate Commerce Committe Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., will hold a hearing on extending the moratorium.

3.   Americans opposed to paying sales tax on online purchases won a battle this month when Congress extended a moratorium on Internet-related taxes for two years.

4.   Boxer said three conversations with Clinton, including one earlier this week, persuaded her that the president would extend the moratorium.

5.   Bush favors extending a moratorium against Internet taxes while the issue gets further study.

6.   Bush said he favors extending a moratorium on Internet taxes, but that he would not rule out such taxes in the future.

7.   Bush has said that he favors a moratorium on Internet taxes and he said on Tuesday that he would consider extending the moratorium to five years from three years.

8.   Bush reiterated his support for extending the moratorium on taxing Internet commerce for three to five years, and he stated his opposition to taxing Internet access.

9.   But some members of Congress, moving to protect fishing interests in their regions that oppose the idea, are poised to extend the moratorium.

10.   Clinton has endorsed some useful measures, such as extending a moratorium on American exports of land mines.