Tag Archive: Grover Norquist

Nov 26

Grover Norquist: Obama Will Raise Taxes on Rich, Then the Middle Class

In the lead up to budget negotiations that seek to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” at the end of the year, some prominent Republican lawmakers have publicly eased back on an anti-tax pledge they signed, championed by Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform. Among these lawmakers include House majority leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, …

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Jul 13

President Bush Wants to Know “Who the Hell Is Grover Norquist?”

This Sunday in an article to be published in Parade magazine, the former president of the United States, George Bush senior, and his wife Barbara, have a few words for Grover Norquist, the force behind the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Most Republicans in Congress have taken Norquist’s oath never ever to increase taxes. “The rigidity of …

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