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Republicans tentatively backing away from Grover Norquist - Salon.com
In the ongoing negotiations over the fiscal cliff, a number of prominent Republicans have indicated that they agree with the Democrats that the government needs to raise revenues. This time around, that could mean that Grover Norquist does not have the necessary votes to block a tax increase.
From the New York Times:
By Mr. Norquists count, 219 House members enough for a majority and 39 senators have committed to the pledge. But some of those members who signed on, many of them years ago, have started to back away, apparently leaving him several votes shy of the majority he would need to block any tax increase.
A pledge is good at the time you sign it, said Representative Peter T. King, a New York Republican whose name still appears as a pledge signer on the Web site of Mr. Norquists group, Americans for Tax Reform. In 1941, I would have voted to declare war on Japan. But each Congress is a new Congress. And I dont think you can have a rule that youre never going to raise taxes or that youre never going to lower taxes. I dont want to rule anything out.
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In the ongoing negotiations over the fiscal cliff, a number of prominent Republicans have indicated that they agree with the Democrats that the government needs to raise revenues. This time around, that could mean that Grover Norquist does not have the necessary votes to block a tax increase.
From the New York Times:
By Mr. Norquists count, 219 House members enough for a majority and 39 senators have committed to the pledge. But some of those members who signed on, many of them years ago, have started to back away, apparently leaving him several votes shy of the majority he would need to block any tax increase.
A pledge is good at the time you sign it, said Representative Peter T. King, a New York Republican whose name still appears as a pledge signer on the Web site of Mr. Norquists group, Americans for Tax Reform. In 1941, I would have voted to declare war on Japan. But each Congress is a new Congress. And I dont think you can have a rule that youre never going to raise taxes or that youre never going to lower taxes. I dont want to rule anything out.
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