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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 14, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY:H.R. 389.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section XIII.[Page H408]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Fairness in Taxation Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase individual income tax rates for taxpayers whose taxable income exceeds $1 million, and (2) provide for an adjustment in the capital gains tax of taxpayers whose taxable income is subject to the 45% tax bracket. </p>]]></text>
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