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MiddletownMarty Champion Author Connecticut Posts:17,555 Points:269,345 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Nov 23, 2012 7:06:24 AM Ignore MiddletownMarty Report Abuse Chambliss fires off on Norquist's anti-tax pledge A top Republican U.S. senator brushed off the anti-tax pledge pushed by activist Grover Norquist and embraced widely for years by GOP lawmakers. "I care more about my country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge," Sen. Saxby Chambliss told Georgia television station WMAZ, a CNN affiliate, on Wednesday. "If we do it his way, then we'll continue in debt and I just have a disagreement with him about that."

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Chambliss fires off on Norquist's anti-tax pledge

A top Republican U.S. senator brushed off the anti-tax pledge pushed by activist Grover Norquist and embraced widely for years by GOP lawmakers.

"I care more about my country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge," Sen. Saxby Chambliss told Georgia television station WMAZ, a CNN affiliate, on Wednesday. "If we do it his way, then we'll continue in debt and I just have a disagreement with him about that."

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noseatbelt Champion Author Indiana Posts:7,627 Points:205,330 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 5:51:47 PM Ignore noseatbelt Report Abuse I have heard more than one of them say, that it depends on obama cutting spending. So far about all we hear out of obama is raise taxes on the wealthy, something, the cbo, and many economists, say will add several thousand workers to unemployment, and will do little or nothing to shrink our debt.
MiddletownMarty Champion Author Connecticut Posts:17,555 Points:269,345 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 5:32:47 PM Ignore MiddletownMarty Report Abuse GOP resistance to anti-tax pledge grows More and more, conservative Republicans in Congress are breaking from a pledge they signed years earlier against any kind of tax increase or additional tax revenue. Facing the so-called fiscal cliff of automatic tax hikes and deep across-the-board spending cuts at the end of the year, the GOP legislators are signaling their willingness to cut a deal with President Barack Obama and Democrats that would include more money for the government. The overall numbers remain relatively small -- a handful of senators and House members -- but they include influential veterans such as Sens. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, along with Rep. Peter King of New York. "We don't generate enough revenue," Graham declared Sunday on ABC, officially disagreeing with the Taxpayer Protection Pledge he signed at the behest of anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist. Others who have rejected the strict dogma of the Norquist pledge include Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Bob Corker of Tennessee, as well as Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia, who was elected in the tea party wave of 2010 and recently re-elected.
MiddletownMarty Champion Author Connecticut Posts:17,555 Points:269,345 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 5:31:13 PM Ignore MiddletownMarty Report Abuse Graham says he'd break no-tax 'pledge' A leading Republican senator said Sunday he's willing to break the no-tax pledge promoted by activist Grover Norquist if Democrats are willing to help pass spending reforms on government programs like Social Security and Medicare.
Teslukbla Champion Author Missouri Posts:25,312 Points:2,943,870 Joined:Jan 2005	Message Posted: Nov 23, 2012 9:40:14 AM Ignore Teslukbla Report Abuse Chambliss and Coburn are pragmatists.
RNorm Champion Author San Bernardino Posts:44,819 Points:778,485 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Nov 23, 2012 8:27:49 AM Ignore RNorm Report Abuse That makes two prominent GOP senators, Coburn and now Chambliss. Coburn has been speaking against the pledge for some time now.
Cliffisher Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:26,019 Points:3,136,650 Joined:Sep 2003	Message Posted: Nov 23, 2012 8:08:54 AM Ignore Cliffisher Report Abuse Does this mean that the GOP will take Norquest out of their Pledge of Allegence and put the USA back in?