Super Committee Gets an Earful
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Super Committee Republicans Get Earful Over Loyalty To Grover Norquist
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BRIAN BEUTLER NOVEMBER 2, 2011, 12:30 PM 5109 86
While Super Committee Democrats are pressed to accept unpopular, and illiberal proposals like raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67 over several years, Republicans are under increasing pressure to cut Grover Norquist loose.
The well-funded anti-tax crusader has secured pledges from the vast majority of Republican members of Congress, including all six GOP members of the Super Committee, to never raise taxes on net. And that’s the key reason the panel is deadlocked with just three weeks until its deadline.