{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Smart Tan News","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com","title":"Axing the Tan Tax - Smart Tan News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WtUSjWnSSs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/axing-the-tan-tax\/\">Axing the Tan Tax<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/axing-the-tan-tax\/embed\/#?secret=WtUSjWnSSs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Axing the Tan Tax&#8221; &#8212; Smart Tan News\" data-secret=\"WtUSjWnSSs\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Four years of ASA lobbying efforts have Congress finally seeing the light: \u2018The Tan Tax\u2019 was a total failure  If Benjamin Franklin\u2019s adage is true that nothing is certain but death and taxes, then it should also be said that eliminating a tax is virtually next to impossible.  And yet, after four years and more than 1,200 meetings with members of Congress on Capitol Hill, the American Suntanning Association\u2019s cornerstone lobbying objective \u2013 repealing the devastating 10 percent Tan Tax \u2013 is one Senate vote, conference committee and presidential signature away from being history. That\u2019s because the U.S. House of Representatives voted May 4 to repeal the Tan Tax as part of the American Health Care Act of 2017.  There\u2019s work left to do, but the Tan Tax is closer to the scrap heap than ever. What had to happen to make the impossible possible?  \u201cThe amount of effort that went into putting us in this position is beyond colossal,\u201d ASA President Melinda Norton said. \u201cThe ASA federal lobbying team \u2013 both staff and volunteers \u2013 has put tens-of-thousands of hours into telling our story on Capitol Hill: that the tax failed as a revenue producer for Obamacare, closed more than 9,000 businesses, killed 95,000 jobs and pushed those who wish to use sunbeds into non-salon tanning where sunburn was more likely. Congress understands: It\u2019s hard to imagine any other way the tax could have been a failure.\u201d  Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/US-Capitol-6-15-17.jpg","thumbnail_width":1360,"thumbnail_height":1000}