Why Speaker of the House Paul Ryan Controls eBay's Fate

Thanks to a new Speaker being named to the House of Representatives, eBay warned its sellers again about the online sales tax bill called the Remote Transactions Parity Act, and urged them to contact their legislators to tell them not to pass it. In a post on Tuesday, it briefed members of its eBay Main Street grassroots program on recent political developments and how it could affect them. Paul Ryan is taking over as Speaker, a significant development in the sales tax fight, eBay said, since the Speaker has the ability to control what legislation is considered on the floor. But while Ryan has shown support for online sales tax legislation in principle, it's uncertain how he will handle the two pieces of proposed legislation.