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.
But in 1913 when Congress passed an income tax law after the ratification of the 16th Amendment, the tax burden shifted to the richâat least for a while. Roots of the Income Tax. Although an income tax was proposed as early as 1812, Congress did not enact one until 1861, when the Civil War began.t allowed the federal government to levy an income tax. Most people at the time thought an income tax was a great idea. Before 1913, federal government revenues came mainly from taxes on goodsâtariffs on imported products and excise taxes on items like whiskey.