Broken pledges — that's the story this week in Washington as several Republican lawmakers begin backtracking from a pledge to not raise taxes they signed with Grover Norquist and the Americans for Tax Reform.
Nearly every Republican in the House and Senate has signed the pledge at some point in their career, but with fiscal cliff negotiations at stake, several say they'll break their pledge as long as Democrats change entitlement programs.
Todd Zwillich is The Takeaway's Washington correspondent.
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So, from John Hockenberry I get the idea that Grover Norquist is an extremist and a danger to good government. Got it. I think I heard John Hockenberry laughing at Grover Norquist.
There is of course another side to the story. Intelligent listeners who were interested in being informed about both sides of an important story might appreciate something like this, from columnist Rich Lowry of the National Review Online:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/334097/hating-grover-rich-lowry
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