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Grover Glenn Norquist (born October 19, 1956) is president of anti-tax lobbying group Americans for Tax Reform. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lobbying includes all attempts to influence Legislators and officials whether by other legislators constituents or organized groups Americans for Tax Reform is an Interest group seeking to reduce the overall level of Taxation in the United States, at the federal state and local level

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Early years and career

Norquist, who is of Swedish descent, grew up in Weston, Massachusetts and has a BA and MBA from Harvard University. Swedish Americans are Americans of Swedish descent most often related to the large groups of immigrants from Sweden in the late nineteenth century and early Weston is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States in the Boston metro area The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The Master of Business Administration ( MBA) is a Master's degree in Business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines After leaving professional school, Norquist became executive director of both the National Taxpayers Union and the national College Republicans organization, holding both positions until 1983. National Taxpayers Union (NTU is a taxpayers advocacy organization in the United States, founded in 1969 by James Dale Davidson. The College Republicans is a national organization for College and University students who support the Republican Party of the United States

Norquist founded Americans for Tax Reform in 1985, at the request of President Ronald Reagan, and has headed the organization ever since. [1] From 1985 to 1988, Norquist was also an economic advisor to Angola UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola) is the second-largest Political party in Angola. Jonas Malheiro Savimbi ( August 3, 1934 &ndash February 22, 2002) led UNITA, an anti-Communist rebel group that fought against [2] During this period, he was registered with the United States Department of Justice as a foreign agent of Angola. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central [3]

In addition to heading Americans for Tax Reform, Norquist is currently on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association[4] and the American Conservative Union. Americans for Tax Reform is an Interest group seeking to reduce the overall level of Taxation in the United States, at the federal state and local level The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit ( 501(c(4) group dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment of the The American Conservative Union ( ACU) is an American political organization advocating conservative policies. [5] He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and chairman emeritus of the Islamic Free Market Institute. The Council on Foreign Relations ( CFR) is an American Nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (at The Islamic Free Market Institute (also known simply as the Islamic Institute) is a Muslim outreach group founded by Grover Norquist and Khaled Suffuri

Political importance on national politics

Norquist, along with Bill Kristol, Ralph E. Reed, Jr., Clint Bolick, and David McIntosh, is one of the so-called "Gang of Five" identified in Nina Easton's 2000 book by that name, which gives a history of leaders of the modern conservative movement. William Kristol (born December 23, 1952 in New York City) is an American political analyst and commentator Ralph Eugene Reed Jr, (born June 24, 1961) is a conservative American political activist best known as the first executive director of Clint Bolick (born December 26, 1957 in Elizabeth New Jersey) is an attorney and the director of the Goldwater Institute Scharf-Norton Center David McIntosh may refer to Dave McIntosh (born 1925 former Sheffield Wednesday F Nina Jane Easton (born 1958 is an American journalist She serves as the Washington Bureau Chief for Fortune Magazine as well as a commentator on the Fox News 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. He has been described as "a thumb-in-the-eye radical rightist" (The Nation), and "Tom Paine crossed with Lee Atwater plus just a soupçon of Madame Defarge" (P.J. O'Rourke). This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. Thomas Paine (January 29 1737 &ndash June 8 1809 was an English Pamphleteer, Revolutionary, radical, Inventor, and Intellectual Harvey Leroy "Lee" Atwater ( February 27, 1951 &ndash March 29, 1991) was an Madame Thérèse Defarge is a fictional character in the book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947 in Toledo Ohio) is a conservative American political satirist, journalist Norquist's page on the web site of Americans for Tax Reform includes a laudatory quote about him from former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Americans for Tax Reform is an Interest group seeking to reduce the overall level of Taxation in the United States, at the federal state and local level The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer&mdashor speaker &mdashof the United States House of Representatives. Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich, (born Newton Leroy McPherson on June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the Speaker Indeed, Norquist co-authored the 1994 Contract with America. The Contract with America was a document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign

In 1999, he was instrumental in securing early support for then Texas Governor George W. Bush, continuing a decades-long association with Karl Rove ("The Wall Street Journal's John Fund dubbed him "the Grand Central Station" of conservatism and told The Nation: "It's not disputable" that Norquist was the key to the Bush campaign's surprising level of support from movement conservatives in 2000"). George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. John Fund (born on April 8 1957 in Tucson Arizona) is an American political Journalist and Columnist for the website This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. [6] After Bush's election to the White House in 2000, Norquist was the prime architect behind the many Bush tax-cuts ("Grover Norquist: 'Field Marshal' of the Bush Plan"). [7]

Norquist is "adept at media appearances . . . writes a monthly politics column for the American Spectator magazine, and frequently speaks at regional and state think tanks of the conservative movement," according to the critical website MediaTransparency. The American Spectator is a conservative US monthly Magazine covering news and politics edited by R A think tank (also called a policy institute) is an organization institute corporation or group that conducts Research and engages in advocacy in areas such Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Org.


Wednesday Meetings

Shortly after Bill Clinton was elected president of the United States in 1992, Norquist began hosting a weekly, off-the-record get-together of conservatives in his Washington office to coordinate activities and strategy. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States "We were sort of like the Mensheviks after the Russian Revolution," recalls Marshall Wittmann, who attended the first meeting as a representative of the Christian Coalition. The Mensheviks (Minority (Меньшевик) were a faction of the Russian Revolutionary movement that emerged in 1903 after a dispute between Vladimir Marshall Wittmann is an American pundit, Author, and sometime political activist For other organizations with a similar name see Christian Coalition.

In 1994, Norquist worked with Newt Gingrich and the Heritage Foundation to draft the Contract with America. Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich, (born Newton Leroy McPherson on June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the Speaker The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative Think tank. The Contract with America was a document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign

The "Wednesday Meeting" of Norquist's Leave Us Alone Coalition has become an important hub of conservative political organizing. The Leave Us Alone Coalition is an idea popularized by conservative / Libertarian activist Grover Norquist for a wide-ranging and loose collaboration among George W. Bush began sending a representative to the Wednesday Meeting even before he formally announced his candidacy for president in 1999. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. "Now a White House aide attends each week," reported USA Today in June 2001. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. "Vice President Cheney sends his own representative. Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. So do GOP congressional leaders, right-leaning think tanks, conservative advocacy groups and some like-minded K Street lobbyists. K Street is a major thoroughfare in the United States Capital of Washington D The meeting has been valuable to the White House because it is the political equivalent of one-stop shopping. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence By making a single pitch, the administration can generate pressure on members of Congress, calls to radio talk shows, and political buzz from dozens of grassroots organizations. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses It also enables the White House to hear conservatives vent in private — and to respond — before complaints fester". [8]

Susan Page of USA Today said, “And if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, consider this: At the urging of House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt, a group of labor leaders, environmentalists, abortion-rights activists and others this spring began a weekly session chaired by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. She says the group was formed to provide ‘an open exchange of information about a shared agenda. ’ When do they usually meet? On Wednesday. ”[9]

Lobbying career

Norquist has represented various corporate interests, including American Express, National Rifle Association, and Microsoft. American Express ( sometimes known as " AmEx " or " Amex " is a diversified global Financial services company headquartered in The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit ( 501(c(4) group dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment of the Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer [10] Records show that Microsoft paid Grover Norquist $60,000 in 1999. [11]

Influence on state and local politics

Norquist's national strategy includes recruiting politicians at the state and local levels.

In 2004, Norquist helped California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with selling his plan to privatize the CalPERS system. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS provides Pension fund, healthcare and other retirement services for approximately 1 [12]

In Virginia, Norquist was involved in the 2005 Republican primaries, trying to unseat a number of legislators who voted for higher taxes. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state Norquist has helped to set up regular meetings for conservatives in many states, meetings modeled after his Wednesday meetings in Washington. He wants to set up a nationwide network of conservative activists that he can call upon to support his causes, such as tax cuts and deregulation. There are now meetings in 48 states. [13]

Connections to Jack Abramoff

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Norquist has been close friends with Abramoff since college, when he ran Abramoff's successful campaign to become national chairman of the College Republicans.

In 1996, the Choctaw tribe, an Abramoff client, donated $60,000 to ATR to oppose a tax on Indian casinos. The Choctaw are a Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States ( Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana) The funds continued; in 1999, Norquist moved $1. 15 million in Abramoff client money to Ralph Reed's for-profit political consulting company, Century Strategies, and to anti-gambling groups working to defeat a state lottery in Alabama. Ralph Eugene Reed Jr, (born June 24, 1961) is a conservative American political activist best known as the first executive director of The money routing was deliberate: in one email reminder to himself, Abramoff wrote: "Call Ralph re Grover doing pass through. "

In May 1999, Norquist asked Abramoff "What is the status of the Choctaw stuff?", in an email. "I have a 75g [$75,000] hole in my budget from last year. ouch. " Abramoff eventually grew annoyed at the amount that Norquist took off the top before sending the money on, e-mails show. "Grover kept another $25 k!" Abramoff wrote in a February 2000 note to himself. [1]

On May 9, 2001, Chief Raul Garza of the Kickapoo tribe of Texas met with President Bush, with Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist in attendance. The Kickapoos ( Kickapoo: Kiikaapoa or Kiikaapoi) are one of the Algonquian speaking Native American Tribes Days before the meeting, the tribe paid $25,000 to Grover Norquist's ATR at Abramoff's direction. According to the organization's communications director, John Kartch, the meeting was one of several gatherings with President Bush sponsored by ATR. On the same day, the chief of the Louisiana Coushattas also attended an ATR-sponsored gathering with President Bush. The Coushattas also gave $25,000 to ATR soon before the event.

The details of the Kickapoo meeting and a letter dated May 10, 2001 from ATR thanking the Kickapoos for their contribution were revealed to the New York Times in 2006 by former council elder Isidro Garza, who with Raul Garza (no relation), is under indictment in Texas for embezzling tribal money. According to Isidro Garza, Abramoff did not say the donation was required to meet the president; the White House denied any knowledge of the transaction. [15]

Emails released in an October 12, 2006 report by the US Senate Finance Committee investigation, show that Norquist exchanged support for cash donations to ATR. Abramoff asked Norquist, "I have sent over a $50K contribution from DH2 (the mutual fund client). Any sense as to where we are on the op-ed placement?" To which Norquist replied, "The Wash Times told me they were running the piece. . . . I will nudge again. "[16]

Norquist denies that he has done anything wrong, although the association with Abramoff has affected his reputation. [13]

Janus-Merritt Strategies

Main article: Janus-Merritt Strategies

In 1997, Norquist and lawyer David Safavian founded a lobbying firm, the Merritt Group, later renamed Janus-Merritt Strategies (sometimes referred to as "Janus Merritt" or simply "Janus"). Janus-Merritt Strategies was a lobbying firm founded in 1997 by conservative activist Grover Norquist and then-lawyer David Safavian, who would later become better David Hossein Safavian (born August 4, 1967) is a former chief of staff of the United States General Services Administration (GSA and a figure in Over the next five years, the firm's clients included international companies, Indian gaming interests, the government of Pakistan and the government of Gabon, and the American Muslim Council and Abdurahman Alamoudi, a fierce supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Gabon (gəˈbɒn or /gaˈbõ/ in French) is a country in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Republic The American Muslim Council ( AMC) is an Islamic organization and registered charity in the United States. Abdul Rahman Al-Amoudi also Abdurahman Alamoudi, is the founder of the American Muslim Council in the United States. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Hezbollah (حزب الله, literally " party of God " is a Shi'a Islamic political and Paramilitary organisation Senate disclosure reports on file show that for years Janus-Merritt registered as a lobbyist for Alamoudi. In 2002, Janus-Merritt was sold to the firm Williams Mullen. Norquist has refused to release tax records of the firm for the period during which he and Safavian owned the company.

Other criticisms and controversies

Minimizing government power

The Americans for Tax Reform mission statement is "The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax. We believe that power should be minimized. "[17]

The pledge of "no new taxes" that many Republican legislators have signed was his project. As of mid-2005, more than two hundred and twenty Republicans in the House of Representatives had signed this pledge; in the Senate, forty-six Republicans had done so. [13]

"Cutting the government in half in one generation is both an ambitious and reasonable goal," Norquist stated in May 2000. "If we work hard we will accomplish this and more by 2025. Then the conservative movement can set a new goal. I have a recommendation: To cut government in half again by 2050". [18] To that end, Norquist has been noted for his widely quoted quip: "I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub. "[19]

Following Hurricane Katrina, Thomas Friedman wrote an op-ed in the New York Times stating "An administration whose tax policy has been dominated by the toweringly selfish Grover Norquist . Thomas Lauren Friedman (born July 20, 1953) is an American journalist columnist and author . . doesn't have the instincts for this moment. Mr. Norquist is the only person about whom I would say this: I hope he owns property around the New Orleans levee that was never properly finished because of a lack of tax dollars. I hope his basement got flooded. And I hope that he was busy drowning government in his bathtub when the levee broke and that he had to wait for a U. S. Army helicopter to get out of town. "[20]

When asked by Alain de Botton, "Why shouldn't the state help the needy?", in the television adaptation of Status Anxiety, Norquist replied, "Because to do that, you would have to steal money from people who earned it and give it to people who didn't. Alain de Botton, (born 20 December 1969 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a British writer and television producer of Swiss Jewish extraction And then you make the state into a thief. " Botton follows with, "You're suggesting that taxation is theft?" Norquist continues, "Taxation beyond the legitimate requirements of providing for justice is theft, sure. "

Comparison of the estate tax to the Holocaust

A small controversy erupted after an interview between Norquist and Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air program. Terry Gross (born 1951 is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview format Radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia Fresh Air is a Radio talk show hosted by Terry Gross, broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States In the interview, Grover Norquist compared the morality that allows the estate tax to that which permitted the Holocaust. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Norquist said that it is a problem when you allow the government to target groups of people and don't care if the group is a small group. . [21]

Personal

On April 2, 2005, Norquist married Kuwait-born Samah Alrayyes, who until then had been the director of the Islamic Free Market Institute. Samah Norquist (b Samaah Alrayyes) is a Washington DC-based public relations executive and the wife of Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist The Islamic Free Market Institute (also known simply as the Islamic Institute) is a Muslim outreach group founded by Grover Norquist and Khaled Suffuri She is a CEO of her own communications firm and formerly a Public Affairs Specialist for Arab and Muslim outreach at the Bureau of Legislative and Public Affairs at USAID. The United States Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the United States federal government organization responsible for most non- military [22]

Religious beliefs

In contrast to his outspoken positions on political issues, when it comes to spiritual matters, Norquist prefers to play it closer to the vest. When asked by Washington, D. C. -based journalist Dave Sperry if he had converted to his wife's faith, Norquist brushed the question off as "too personal". For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. [23]

Book

Grover Norquist's book Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives[2] was published on March 11, 2008 by HarperCollins. Karl Rove said about Grover's new book, “Grover Norquist is provocative, intellectually fearless, and always worth paying attention to. His new book is Grover at his best, which is very, very good. Read this important volume and you’ll understand why Norquist plays such a key role in American politics. ” Dick Morris also said, “The old dichotomies of left vs. Dick Morris is an American political Author and commentator who previously worked as a Pollster, political campaign consultant right or liberal vs. conservative have increasingly little relevance for the politics of America. But Norquist’s formulation, the leave-us-aloners vs. the takers, is vital, relevant, and incisive. Viewed through this prism, politics makes sense. ”

References

  1. ^ ATR | Mission Statement
  2. ^ http://auctionhouse.tpmcafe.com/story/2006/1/26/94216/1282
  3. ^ http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/fara2nd97/COUNTRY/ANGOLA.HTM#5061
  4. ^ NRA Leaders - Grover Norquist
  5. ^ American Conservative Union
  6. ^ Suellentrop, Chris. "Grover Norquist: The Republican Party's Prophet of Permanence", Slate, 2003-07-07. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death  
  7. ^ Dreyfus, Robert. "Grover Norquist: 'Field Marshall' of the Bush Plan", The Nation, 2001-04-26. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy.  
  8. ^ USATODAY.com - Norquist's power high, profile low
  9. ^ USATODAY.com - Norquist's power high, profile low
  10. ^ Greg Palast (October 26, 2004). Adventure Capitalism.
  11. ^ "Microsoft defends ties to Ralph Reed". Retrieved on 2007-10-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule  
  12. ^ "CSR in the Cross-Hairs", Business Ethics, spring 2005.  
  13. ^ a b c John Cassidy. John Cassidy is an English business journalist of Irish descent "Wednesdays with Grover", New Yorker, July 25, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-04-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule  
  14. ^ Schmidt, Susan; Grimaldi, James V. "Nonprofit Groups Funneled Money for Abramoff", The Washington Post, 2006-06-25, p. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians  A01.  
  15. ^ Philip Shenon. "$25,000 to Lobby Group Is Tied to Access to Bush", New York Times, March 10, 2006.  
  16. ^ James V. Grimaldi and Susan Schmidt. "Report Says Nonprofits Sold Influence to Abramoff", Washington Post, October 13, 2006.  
  17. ^ Mission Statement Americans for Tax Reform
  18. ^ The Insider Online
  19. ^ "http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1123439">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1123439
  20. ^ Osama and Katrina - New York Times
  21. ^ Marx, Eric. "Anti-tax Activist Defends Holocaust Comparison", The Forward January 23, 2004. The Forward (פֿאָרווערטס Forverts) is a Jewish-American weekly Newspaper published in New York City. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
  22. ^ "Conference speaker biographies", Network of Arab American Professionals, 3rd Annual Conference, September 2005
  23. ^ Jamie Glazov (April 12, 2005). Infiltration.

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