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Old 11-26-2012, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
And now there are 4 Senators that are renouncing the Norquist pledge. Unfortunately, these are Senators and the Fiscal Cliff negotiations are pretty much between the President and Boehner. No House members have thus far told Norquist to take a flying leap ... yet.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...y-lips-moment/
One of the republicans listed in the article is King, a representative from NY. They have use weasel language in their "backing off," however. They still say they oppose rate increases, but want to do it with deductions - like in the plan that Mitt lost on.

The Morning Joe had an interesting take on increasing capital gains rates.

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D-Ray
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