Think it can't happen in the U.S.? In 1987 Senators Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Robert Kasten (R-Wis.) sponsored the Visual Artists Rights Act, which included a resale levy.
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Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) that would have raised cigarette taxes 43 cents a pack.
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Olympia Snowe (R-ME) appeared to be puzzled by Kennedy's comment.