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To: pigdog

Two-thirds of the House (290 votes) and two-thirds of the Senate(67 votes) have to approve the amendment proposal, then three-quarters of the states (38) have to ratify it.

You;ve been able to get 59, 3 and 0 on board for the FairTax in over ten years trying. I'd say the gap is very wide. "Snowball's chance" wide, but you're not even close to the majorities of the House and Senate needed to pass your radical tax scheme, so the 16th repeal/rewrite is a moot point.


268 posted on 09/24/2006 12:51:32 PM PDT by RobFromGa (The FairTax cult is like Scientology, but without the movie stars)
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To: RobFromGa
No one has ever tried to bring either the House of the Senate version of the FairTax out for markup. At some point when the political climate is right, that will certainly happen.

Until then you may fuss and fume about it all you wish since such is meaningless.

292 posted on 09/24/2006 2:08:05 PM PDT by pigdog
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