Replace All Federal Taxes on Income with the Fair Tax Act , HR 25 and S 122

Operation 100 FairTax Cosponsors

Congressman John Linder has introduced the FairTax, HR 25, into the 11th Congress with 34 cosponsors. We need 100 cosponsors. We need a plan...

Marilyn Rickert

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Permalink Reply by Jim Tomasik on January 7, 2009 at 9:51am

that would be the 111th.... not the 11th. ;o)

How many do we have now if everyone re-cosponsors?

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Permalink Reply by Jean McCrady on January 9, 2009 at 12:13pm

In November '08, the FairTax.org Congressional Scoreboard had 82 House co-sponsors listed (including the sponsor), and 9 Senators.

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Permalink Reply by chiefcook on January 9, 2009 at 1:24pm

The current AFFT Co-Sponsor list (not updated for 111 Congress yet) shows 72 House Members plus John Linder (Sponsor) and 4 in the Senate plus Saxby Chambliss (Sponsor). Your numbers are higher than their totals.

The 110 Congress first session started out with 24 Co-Sponsors when it was introduced. This session has 34 Co-Sponsors with one new one on 1/8/09.

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Permalink Reply by D.T. Strickland on January 7, 2009 at 10:12am

It's a new year, a new President, a new congress and a new outlook. I suggest we take an escalating approach to reaching 100 co-sponsors before year's end. Maybe we should start with emails to our reps, then escalate to snail mail letters, then to phone calls, then... I dunno maybe find their cars and cover 'em in FairTax stickers... well, maybe not, but you get the idea.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Tomasik on January 7, 2009 at 10:19am

My thoughts:

Keep ground we already have.

First thing we need to do is contact all the previous cosponsors who were re-elected and encourage them to re-cosponsor.

Next, contact all the people who got newly elected promising to do so and ask them to do so on day one.

Jim

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Permalink Reply by Tony on January 7, 2009 at 11:53am

What is the requirement to be a co-sponsor?
Can any congressman co sponsor?

I'm working on a local rep here in Oklahoma and want to make sure I'm pushing him to do something he actually can do.

I'm still learning the whole system and don't want to make a fool of myself and tarnish the relationship I hope to build with my state reps.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Tomasik on January 7, 2009 at 11:57am

Tony,

You are one of the lucky FairTaxers!

All of your OK Reps are cosponsors. only one senator is not... his name is Cole. Work on him.

Any rep or senator can cosponsor.