 Linder first introduced the Fair Tax Act ( H.R. 2525 ) on July 14 , 1999 , to the 106th United States Congress and a substantially similar bill has been reintroduced in each subsequent session of Congress . The bill attracted a total of 56 House and Senate cosponsors in the 108th Congress , 61 in the 109th , 76 in the 110th , 70 in the 111th , 78 in the 112th , 83 in the 113th ( H.R. 25 / S. 122 ) , and 81 in the 114th ( H.R. 25 / S. 155 ) . Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert ( Republican ) had cosponsored the bill in the 109th – 110th Congress , but it has not received support from the Democratic leadership . Democratic Representative Collin Peterson of Minnesota and Democratic Senator Zell Miller of Georgia cosponsored and introduced the bill in the 108th Congress , but Peterson is no longer <unk> the bill and Miller has left the Senate . In the 109th – 111th Congress , Representative Dan Boren has been the only Democrat to cosponsor the bill . A number of congressional committees have heard testimony on the FairTax , but it has not moved from committee since its introduction in 1999 . The legislation was also discussed with President George W. Bush and his Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson . 
