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 issueand 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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