The Americans for Tax Reform’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge is very straight forward. It reads:
Such a simple pledge make the contrast between the Republican and Democrat Parties as clear as it can be. A look at our California Congressional delegation shows that every single Republican has signed this pledge, and that not one Democrat has done so.
Today at 11 a.m., Grover Norquist, the President of Americans for Tax Reform, along with State Senator Tom McClintock and other legislative Republicans will be holding a press conference where they will announce that enough State Legislators have signed the ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge to guarantee that there are not the required 2/3 votes in either the State Senate or the State Assembly to pass a tax increase.
At the press event, it will be announced that the following State Senators have signed the pledge: Sam Aanestad, Dick Ackerman, Roy Ashburn, Jim Battin, Dave Cogdill, Dave Cox, Jeff Denham, Bob Dutton, Tom Harman, Dennis Hollingsworth, Abel Maldonado, Bob Margett, Tom McClintock, George Runner and Mark Wyland. It will also be announced that the following members of the State Assembly have also signed it: Anthony Adams, Joel Anderson, Greg Aghazarian, John Benoit, Tom Berryhill, Sam Blakeslee, Paul Cook, Chuck DeVore, Mike Duvall, Bill Emmerson, Jean Fuller, Ted Gaines, Bonnie Garcia, Martin W. Garrick, Shirley Horton, Guy S. Houston, Bob Huff, Kevin Jeffries, Rick Keene, Doug LaMalfa, Bill Maze, Alan Nakanishi, George Plescia, Sharon Runner, Jim Silva, Audra Strickland, Cameron Smyth, Todd Spitzer, Van Tran, Mike Villines, and Mimi Walters.
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