Deficit Task Force Rejected by Senate
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The bill was defeated by 7 votes. Here are the 7 Republican Senators who helped kill the bill.
BENNETT, BROWNBACK, CRAPO, ENSIGN, HUTCHISON, INHOFE, MCCAIN
They complain about the deficit but the Just Say No Republcan Party voted against fixing the problem. Our government is broken.
Grover Norquist is in charge of the Senators
Grover Norquist, a native of Massachusetts, is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a coalition of taxpayer groups, individuals and businesses opposed to higher taxes at both the federal, state and local levels.
ATR organizes the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which asks all candidates for federal and state office to commit themselves in writing to oppose all tax increases. To date, President Bush, 193 House members, and 41 Senators have taken the pledge. On the state level, 7 governors and 1,221 state legislators have taken the pledge.
Mr. Norquist is author of the book Leave Us Alone -- Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives. The book is an optimistic look at how the conservative movement can and will grow during the next 25 years.