Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. Share this page Follow Ballotpedia. What's on your ballot? Jump to: navigation , search. What is an influencer? Categories : National influencers Organizations c 4 Conservative influencers Fiscal policy influencers. Voter information What's on my ballot? Where do I vote? How do I register to vote? Of the signers, only three are Democratic legislators, and one is "Independent.
Grover Norquist proposed the pledge to pressure other Republican politicians to support with President Reagan's tax agenda. Norquist says, "If you want a politician to make a commitment and want it to matter, it can't be four paragraphs long. I can't have moving parts, you can't remember what's in it. ATR has received funding from a number of corporate interests and major right-wing organizations, including:.
The money was instead spent on political activities. Grants to Other Organizations [32]. He also reported that an article in the Washington Times "which kindly quotes an agreement that I will have input into the question of what is a 'duck' -- i. Newt Gingrich , as Republican whip in the U. House of Representatives, negotiated an agreement with then-President George W.
Bush to vet any budget proposals. Under the deal, Norquist would advise on whether proposed revenue-raising proposals were in fact tax increases, or 'ducks' as Norquist termed them. They have a very good sense of the distinction between ducks and geese," Gingrich said. In March , Norquist actively lobbied members of the Senate Budget Committee in defense of the tobacco industry. That is already a one-third tax burden on a legal product. Furthermore, they employ thousands of Americans, which educates, feeds and clothes families across this nation," Norquist wrote.
The following week, ATR claimed to legislators that a Senate Budget resolution seeking to remove the tax-deductibility of payments made by the tobacco industry to settle the legal actions taken against it by State Attorneys General would breach ATR's "Taxpayer Protection Pledge.
ACTwireless formerly MyWireless. Note: These numbers have been rounded to two significant figures. House of Representatives for the first time in more than forty years and helped elevate Rep. Currently, 46 out of the 51 sitting Senate Republicans are signatories to the pledge, as are nearly 90 percent of the House Republicans.
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