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      "title": "A Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment: Issues and Options Concerning a Super-Majority Requirement",
      "summary": "Proposals to limit the federal government's authority to raise taxes have been made several times\nin\nrecent years. Most frequently, these proposals call for limits on Congress's ability to pass revenue\nmeasures. Typically, limitation proposals would allow increases in tax revenues only under one of\ntwo circumstances. First, tax revenues could increase under existing tax laws as a result of economic\nupturns. Alternatively, they could increase because of a new law, but only if it were passed by a\nsuper-majority (typically two-thirds or three-fifths). Questions about how such proposals might be\napplied in practice have not been clearly answered. Congress has previously considered such\nproposals in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001. In each case the proposal has failed to achieve\nthe two-thirds majority necessary for passage.\n Most recently, the House considered  H.J.Res. 96  on June 12, 2002. The measure\nfailed to achieve the necessary two-thirds, 227-178. This report will be updated to reflect any further\nlegislative actions on such proposals.",
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