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Clyburn: Party leaders should ‘join hands’ in a ‘joint whipping operation’
Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) on Monday called for Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress to come together in a “joint whipping operation” for the good of the country. During an interview on MSNBC, the number three Democrat in the House told host Andrea Mitchell that now that many Republican had…
Norquist tells Soledad: Some Republicans having ‘impure thoughts’ about taxes
Anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist predicts that none of the Republican who are having “impure thoughts” about taxes will actually break their pledge and vote for additional revenue. Since singing defeats by their party in the November elections, several Republicans who signed the Americans for Tax Reform pledge — including Sen.…
Sen. Corker: I am ‘not obligated’ to follow Norquist pledge
Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist is watching his political empire crumble. “I’m not obligated on [Norquist's] pledge,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) said Monday, appearing on “CBS This Morning.” “I made Tennesseans aware I was just elected that the only thing I’m honoring is the oath I take when I’m sworn in…
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist faces erosion of power
Anti-tax evangelist Grover Norquist, one of Washington’s most influential figures, is facing an apparent erosion of his power as leading Republicans begin opting out of pledges to his cause. Norquist has amassed considerable clout over the last couple of decades by managing to get hundreds of Republicans in elective office…
Former Bush campaign advisor: Norquist an impediment to good governing
Former Bush campaign advisor Matthew Dowd on Sunday slammed anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, blaming his organization for GOP obstruction in Congress. Dowd said on ABC’s This Week that every member of Congress knew — but refused to admit — that the federal deficit could only be lowered by raising tax…
Sen. Graham: ‘Grover is wrong… I will violate the pledge’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday said that he was willing to break with anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist and find ways to raise additional revenues for the government because he was worried that spending cuts would hurt the military. Norquist recently insisted to The Wall Street Journal that no Republicans…
White House scrubs petition to ‘punch Grover Norquist in the dick’
The White House has removed a petition from its website calling for anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist to be punched “in the dick.” The White House created the “We the People” website in 2011 to allow Americans “create and sign petitions that call for action by the federal government on a…
Norquist: Obama won because voters thought Romney was a ‘poopy-head’
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist says that President Barack Obama did not win re-election because of his promise to raise taxes on the wealthy, but it was because attack ads made voters thing that Mitt Romney was a “poopy-head.” During a Monday interview on CBS, Norquist suggested that Republicans had a…
Norquist quits interview when asked about his Fannie Mae lobbying
During a recent interview, anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist struggled to explain his ties to a pharmaceutical trade group and then “took off” when he was asked about his history lobbying for home loan-backer Fannie Mae, an organization that he now criticizes. The Republic Report’s Zaid Jilani and Lee Fang caught…
Norquist calls C-SPAN caller a ‘very nice left-wing twit’
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist on Wednesday blasted a “very nice left-wing twit” who thanked him for contributing to the destruction of the middle class in the U.S. During an interview on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, a prankster calling in on the Republican line said that he made “seven figures” and he…
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