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GOP lawmaker: I didn’t agree to marry Grover Norquist forever
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) is one of 40 House Republicans who say that increased revenues must be part of the Super Committee deal to reduce the nation’s debt. Those Republicans joined 60 House Democrats in signing a letter calling on the Super Committee to “go big” and cut $4 trillion…
GOP Rep. Frank Wolf: Grover Norquist profits from ‘unsavory people’
Republican Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia on the House floor Tuesday attacked Grover Norquist and his anti-tax pledge, which has been signed by nearly every Republican in the House and Senate. “My conscience has compelled me to come to the floor today to voice concerns I have with the influence…
Anti-tax group evacuates office after threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police evacuated the office of anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist in Washington on Monday after a caller phoned his office with a bomb threat, authorities said. No explosives were found and police said they had no information on a possible motive. Norquist and his lobby group, Americans for…
Anti-tax activist forgot his past alliances with progressives
An anti-tax activist told an audience at a conservative forum recently that the left on the political spectrum consisted of nothing more than “competing parasites,” not “friends and allies” of the right. “If we say no to tax increases, stop throwing money, they will cheerfully gnaw at the guy sitting…
Conservatives claim anti-tax crusader secretly leading Muslim indoctrination
Are a growing cross-section of American conservatives really secret Muslims bent on destroying western civilization? Answer: No. But that’s not stopping right-wing activist Frank Gaffney from claiming the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) had been infiltrated by radical Muslims because of the inclusion of Americans for Tax Reform president Grover…
The Stupids
John Cole points to Grover Norquist attempting to create something called the Pelosi/Reid/Obama recession (which we’re just at the beginning of!) because: The economy began to collapse when the Democrats captured the House and Senate and we then knew that the lower tax rates on individuals, capital gains, and dividends…
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