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How will we pass the FairTax?


Did you know that passing the FairTax requires the votes of only 32 members of Congress? Over the last five years Americans for Fair Taxation has grown to be one of the largest and most powerful tax reform organizations in our country. Getting the FairTax to the floor of the House and Senate is the critical point in the evolution of the FairTax. However, once the FairTax reaches the floor it cannot be ignored. All members will have to vote "yea" or "nay" and be held accountable to their constituents for those votes.

If 11 members of the Senate Finance Committee and 21 members of the House Ways and Means Committee support the FairTax, they can bring the FairTax bill out of its respective committees and to the floor of the House and Senate. At that point, it would be the Leadership's decision whether to bring it up for a vote of the full membership.

The Senate Finance Committee has 20 members and the House Ways and Means Committee has 40 members. We must work together to inform those 60 legislators and to educate them about the many significant advantages of the FairTax. When we achieve this reasonable and modest goal, the FairTax will be well on its way to becoming a reality, and the IRS a thing of the past.

Only consistent grassroots enthusiasm and pressure will ensure that these 60 key legislators, followed by the rest of congress, will address the FairTax. Congressmen rarely hear from large numbers of constituents on any one issue—and if there is one thing that Congressmen listen to, it is their constituents in large numbers! We must be enthusiastic and consistent in contacting our representatives about the FairTax. Your letters, emails and phone calls will make a difference. Tell your elected leaders that the FairTax is an idea whose time has come.

 

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