Grover Norquist

==Background==
Grover Norquist, 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 George W. Bush, 195 House members, and 42 Senators have taken the pledge. On the state level, 7 governors and 1,221 state legislators have taken the pledge.
A native of Massachusetts, Mr. Norquist serves on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association of America, and the American Conservative Union. He is a contributing editor to the American Spectator Magazine. He is author of the recently published book Leave Us Alone—Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives.
==Links==
* Speaker at http://www.paleadershipconference.org/ in 2009
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