Wrap: The bill would have Missouri join the coalition under which out-of-state businesses collect taxes for online purchases by Missourians. Twenty-four other states are already part of this group, and St. Louis County Representative Margo McNeil wants Missouri to join them.
Rep. Margo McNeil, D-St. Louis County, said her constituents haven't spoken out against the compromise to her just yet, but she said they weren't fond of the repeal legislation.
One of the bills' sponsors, Rep. Margo McNeil, D-St. Louis County, cited a University of Tennessee study that Missouri would lose $187 million in 2011 from untaxed Internet sales.
Rep. Margo McNeil, D-St. Louis County, was the only committee member who voted against the bill. Her concerns include the welfare of the doctors involved in the abortions.