Category:Grover Norquist: Difference between revisions

|name = Grover Norquist

|image = Grover Norquist by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg

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|caption = Grover Norquist in September 2011.

|birth_name = Grover Glenn Norquist

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|19}}

|birth_place = [[Wikipedia:Sharon, Pennsylvania|Sharon, Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite web|author=David Skolnick |url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/nov/18/anti-tax-pledge-author-romney-failed-to-/?print |title = Anti-tax pledge author: Romney failed to connect |publisher=[[Wikipedia:The Vindicator|The Vindicator]] |date=November 18, 2012 |accessdate=March 22, 2013}}</ref> U.S.

|residence = Washington, D.C.

|nationality = United States

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|alma_mater = {{nowrap|[[Wikipedia:Harvard College|Harvard College]] <small>([[Wikipedia:A.B.|A.B.]])</small><br />[[Wikipedia:Harvard Business School|Harvard Business School]] <small>([[Wikipedia:M.B.A.|M.B.A.]])</small>}}

|occupation = Political

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|organization = [[Wikipedia:Americans for Tax Reform|Americans for Tax Reform]]

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|home_town = [[Wikipedia:Weston, Massachusetts|Weston, Massachusetts]], U.S.

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|party = [[Wikipedia:Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

|boards = [[:Category:National Rifle Association|National Rifle Association]], [[:Category:American Conservative Union|American Conservative Union]]<ref name=ACU>{{cite web | title=ACU: Board of Directors| url=http://www.conservative.org/about-acu/board-of-directorsstaff/| work=The American Conservative Union | accessdate=November 27, 2011}}</ref><ref name="harper collins">{{cite web | title=Grover Norquist From HarperCollins Publishers | url=http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/31076/Grover_Norquist/index.aspx | work=HarperCollins Publishers | accessdate=November 7, 2009}}</ref>

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|spouse = Samah Alrayyes Norquist

|relatives = [[Wikipedia:David Norquist|David Norquist]] (brother)

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'''Grover Glenn Norquist''' (born October 19, 1956) is an American political activist and tax reduction advocate who is founder and president of [[Wikipedia:Americans for Tax Reform|Americans for Tax Reform]], an organization that opposes all [[Wikipedia:Taxation in the United States|tax]] increases. A [[Wikipedia:Republican Party (United States)|Republican]],<ref name=60minutes>[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57327816/grover-norquist/?tag=currentVideoInfo;videoMetaInfo The Pledge: Grover Norquist's hold on the GOP] cbsnews.com . November 20, 2011</ref> he is the primary promoter of the "Taxpayer Protection Pledge", a pledge signed by lawmakers who agree to oppose increases in marginal income tax rates for individuals and businesses, as well as net reductions or eliminations of deductions and credits without a matching reduced tax rate.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.atr.org/about-grover |title=Who is Grover Norquist? |publisher=Americans for Tax Reform |accessdate=November 8, 2012}}</ref> Prior to the November 2012 election, the pledge was signed by 95% of all Republican members of [[Wikipedia:United States Congress|Congress]] and all but one of the [[Wikipedia:Republican Party presidential candidates, 2012|candidates]] running for the [[Wikipedia:Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012|2012 Republican presidential nomination]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Howard Fineman |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/21/grover-norquist-jon-huntsman-tim-pawlenty-no-tax-pledge_n_881857.html |title=It's Grover Time: Huntsman Rejects No-Tax Pledge, Pawlenty Waivers |publisher=The Huffington Post |date=August 21, 2011 |accessdate=November 8, 2012}}</ref>

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