In Washington, up is often down. No is sometimes yes. And a pledge isn’t necessarily a pledge. Grover Norquist, famously the author of a pledge against tax increases that most members of the House of Representatives have signed, reports today...
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Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.
Norquist: `Plan B’ OK by Tax Pledge
Norquist’s Brash Managerie: Pledge-Breakers Beware the `Sugar Plums’
Grover Norquist, never at a loss for words, is employing an increasingly purple collection of them to lash erstwhile Republican allies mulling abandonment of the anti-tax pledge which he’s used for years to thwart federal tax increases. In recent days,...
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Founder of Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist during a debate at American Enterprise Institute.
No, South Carolina, Norquist Says, There is no Pink Unicorn
For all the talk that “Grover is over” in Washington lately, the only thing the author of the famous anti-tax pledge is all over, it appears, is radio and television. Grover Norquist, who still will count a majority of the...
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Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Photograph by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
Norquist’s Anti-Tax Signers: House-Majority Still, as Roster Shrinks
Everyone knows about Grover Norquist’s no-new-taxes pledge. That line in the sand that many members of Congress, almost all Republican, have signed — a complicating factor in any talks going forward about averting the “fiscal cliff” or addressing “tax reform”...
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Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.
Grover’s Caucus Takes Attendance
Grover Norquist, who has demanded pledges against new taxes from members of Congress, is counting heads. While still-unsettled races could change these totals, here’s where the tally stands for his Americans for Tax Reform and its influential anti-tax pledge: —...
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Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington.
Grover Norquist Calling on Virginia: You Have Tax-Mail Attacking Obama
Now comes the mail. After the hundreds of thousands of TV ads bombarding the voters of several swing states, the Web videos arriving via YouTube, 140-character screeds delivered in Tweets and, yes, the radio ads as well, it’s time for...
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Supporting women cheer on Ann Romney at a "Women For Mitt Rally"on Sept. 7, 2012 in Leesburg, Virginia.
Washington Daybook: Virginia-Bound
The rivals reached for the prize at exactly the same time, causing a nation to hold its collective breath while it was decided who would emerge victorious… No, it’s not a NFL referee dispute — that long national nightmare is...
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Rep. Paul Ryan at a campaign event at Walsh University on August 16, 2012 in North Canton, Ohio.
Romney’s Cheney: Norquist’s View
Paul Ryan could be to economics and tax policy what Dick Cheney was to national security — should Republican Mitt Romney win election as president. That’s how Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, sees it. “I think that...
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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan puts up a chart as he gives the GOP response to President Obama's budget submission for Fiscal Year 2012.
Ryan Nixed Debt Deal Romney Touts
Representative Paul Ryan was a pivotal figure in killing the 2010 Bowles-Simpson agreement, which Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney now holds out as a model for putting America’s fiscal house in order. The 18-member panel needed 14 votes to send a 10-year plan to...
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Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.
Jeb Bush’s Other Republican Party
Jeb Bush is talking about a different Republican Party. And if the party that is prepared to nominate Mitt Romney for the presidency fails in November, it probably will take a different Republican Party to win the White House in...
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