S 7 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Comprehensive and Fair Tax Reform Act

Introduced Jan 25, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Harry Reid D-NV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 25, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S129)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 25, 2011
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Comprehensive and Fair Tax Reform Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) simplify and shrink the tax code to reduce burdens on taxpayers and businesses, (2) eliminate wasteful tax breaks for special interests and remove corporate tax loopholes, (3) get rid of extra tax breaks for millionaires, and (4) crack down on cheaters and close the tax gap.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2011 to Jan 26, 2011, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-NJ	Frank R. Lautenberg	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-OR	Ron Wyden		Jan 26, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate
Jan 25, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S129)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate

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