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5 rows where bill_type = "hjres", congress = 107 and policy_area = "Taxation" sorted by introduced_date descending
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| bill_id | congress | bill_type | bill_number | title | policy_area | introduced_date ▲ | latest_action_date | latest_action_text | origin_chamber | sponsor_name | sponsor_state | sponsor_party | sponsor_bioguide_id | cosponsor_count | summary_text | update_date | url |
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| 107-hjres-96 | 107 | hjres | 96 | Proposing a tax limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Taxation | 2002-06-06 | 2002-06-12 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-5] | TX | R | S000250 | 155 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires that any bill, resolution, or other legislative measure changing the internal revenue laws shall require for final adoption in each House the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of that House voting and present, unless the bill is determined at the time of adoption, in a reasonable manner prescribed by law, not to increase the internal revenue by more than a de minimis amount. States that for purposes of determining any increase, there shall be excluded any increase resulting from the lowering of an effective rate of any tax. Requires journal entry of any vote.Permits the waiver of such requirement, for up to two years, if there is a declaration of war or if the United States is engaged in a military conflict which causes an imminent and serious threat to national security and is so declared by a joint resolution which becomes law. | 2025-04-07T13:40:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-joint-resolution/96 |
| 107-hjres-66 | 107 | hjres | 66 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the Federal income tax. | Taxation | 2001-10-03 | 2001-11-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 5 | Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the 16th amendment (granting Congress the power to tax income). Prohibits Congress from having the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, except in time of war declared by Congress. | 2025-01-02T16:43:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-joint-resolution/66 |
| 107-hjres-45 | 107 | hjres | 45 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in the business in competition with its citizens. | Taxation | 2001-04-25 | 2001-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the United States from engaging in any business, professional, commercial, financial, or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution.Prohibits the constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of the United States, from being subject to the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement which would abrogate this amendment.Requires any activities of the U.S. Government which violate the intent and purposes of this amendment to, within a period of three years from the date of the ratification of this amendment, be liquidated and the properties and facilities affected to be sold.Repeals, three years after the ratification of this amendment the sixteenth article of amendments to the Constitution of the United States and thereafter Congress shall not levy taxes on personal incomes, estates, and/or gifts. | 2025-01-02T16:43:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-joint-resolution/45 |
| 107-hjres-41 | 107 | hjres | 41 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations. | Taxation | 2001-03-22 | 2001-04-25 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-5] | TX | R | S000250 | 153 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires that any bill, resolution, or other legislative measure changing the internal revenue laws shall require for final adoption in each House the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of that House voting and present, unless the bill is determined at the time of adoption, in a reasonable manner prescribed by law, not to increase the internal revenue by more than a de minimis amount. States that for purposes of determining any increase, there shall be excluded any increase resulting from the lowering of an effective rate of any tax. Requires journal entry of any vote.Permits the waiver of such requirement, for up to two years, if there is a declaration of war or if the United States is engaged in a military conflict which causes an imminent and serious threat to national security and is so declared by a joint resolution which becomes law. | 2025-04-07T13:40:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-joint-resolution/41 |
| 107-hjres-34 | 107 | hjres | 34 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to taxing the people of the United States progressively. | Taxation | 2001-03-06 | 2001-03-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | J000283 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to tax all persons progressively in proportion to their income. | 2025-04-07T13:38:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-joint-resolution/34 |
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CREATE TABLE legislation (
bill_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
congress INTEGER,
bill_type TEXT,
bill_number INTEGER,
title TEXT,
policy_area TEXT,
introduced_date TEXT,
latest_action_date TEXT,
latest_action_text TEXT,
origin_chamber TEXT,
sponsor_name TEXT,
sponsor_state TEXT,
sponsor_party TEXT,
sponsor_bioguide_id TEXT,
cosponsor_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
summary_text TEXT,
update_date TEXT,
url TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);