The U.S. House of Representatives has <A HREF="http://www.cio.com/article/146855/U.S._House_Votes_to_Extend_Internet_Tax_Ban">voted to extend an Internet tax moratorium</A> for just four years, despite calls from the tech industry to permanently bar state and local governments from taxing Internet access.

By a vote of 405-2, the House on Tuesday voted to pass the Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act, which would extend the moratorium on Internet access taxes and other taxes unique to the Internet until November 2011. The current ban, extended twice since first Congress first enacted it in 1998, is set to expire Nov. 1.

One of the lawmakers voting against the temporary extension was Representative Anna Eshoo, a Democrat who represents part of Silicon Valley in California. Eshoo had pushed for a permanent ban.