Is GOP Owned By A Lobbyist?

"As long as we have some Republican lawmakers who feel more enthralled with a pledge they took to a Republican lobbyist than they do to a pledge to the country to solve the problems, this is going to be hard to do."

-- Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), in an interview with CNN, on Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge blocking compromise among the debt supercommittee members.

"And then I hear about this pledge -- a pledge to a lobbyist .........The fact is, I took a pledge. My pledge is to the Constitution of the United States."

-- Sen John Kerry (D-MA), in an interview on 'Meet the Press', on Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge and the failure of the supercommittee to reach a deal on the debt.




****The Super Committee did fail to come to a budget deal.****