In the you can’t make this stuff up category: last week the Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on “Marketplace Fairness: Leveling the Playing Field for Small Businesses,” but failed to take testimony from a single e-commerce company that opposes the bill. Why would Senators try so hard to stack the deck in favor of the proposed bill? “Main Street Fairness” would allow state governments to require out-of-state retailers to collect and remit sales tax on purchases shipped to those residents of those states. Read the full story at Forbes.