The vast majority of elected republican has signed's quist "taxpayer protection commitment", released in 1986, they opposed to increase taxes, and become a kind of American conservatives the touchstone of between.
However, the new house, office in January, has 16 so far have not signed the letter of commitment, from six in the former republican congressional. A new republican senator Jeff flake, also does not have the signature.
When talking about in Washington event sidelined, the promise quist told Reuters said: "people are not always take promise first operation, many, they already have a long time. Promise isn't the only vehicle stop plus tax."
In the activities, the nonpartisan center held the "national interests" think tank's quist board member, he expects the house republican from democratic President Obama resist pressure, raising taxes.
Obama won re-election, monthly promise the most wealthy family a tax increase, and at the same time, expand the low tax revenue decline for most other taxpayers.
He and congress are trying to make the country off the so-called financial cliff in at the end of the year about $50 billion in tax cuts expire $10 billion dollars of automatic budget cut will kick the bucket
The Democrats gain some republicans softening its opposition to increase the new tax income in 100 members of the senate seats and 435 members of the house of representatives.
Although republican hurt their election loss, connaught quist said, they can through the use of debt ceiling as a lever, forcing Mr Obama compromise tax increases and spending cuts.
"The debt limit is a additional tools to explain barack Obama said he is king, north quist said." "He went to the congress resources."
The Treasury said, there will be enough money, in order to avoid on the ceiling, until close to the end of the year, experts say, they can use accounting exercise delayed beyond the limit.
Some republicans attacked's quist plus tax, his intransigence. Former republican senator Alan Simpson, Simpson - bowers deficit reduction committee chairman of joint last week, scold strip republican supporters anti tax avoidance commitment.
"Gloval (north quist) do to you? He can't kill you, he can not burn your house," Simpson said Peter g. Peterson foundation, resistance to the budget deficit group host.
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