Three types of rodent mites readily bite humans: the house mouse mite (Liponyssoides saguineus), spiny rat mite (Laelaps echidnina) and tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti). The house mouse mite prefers to suck the blood of mice, but also will bite rats and people, often causing a rash around the bite.
Under strong public pressure, Congress passed the Tax Reform Act of 1969, and it was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 30, 1969.
As a result, Congress passed, and the states ratified, the 16th Amendment, giving Congress the power to levy income taxes. The amendment allowed Woodrow Wilson to sign the Revenue Act of 1913 into law, establishing a progressive income tax.