Obama says lawmaker `` tried to weasel out '' of anti-tax pledge . Norquist , who founded the conservative Americans for Tax Reform , advocates shrinking government by cutting spending instead of raising taxes through higher rates or reforms . More Republican call for increased tax revenue in a deficit deal . President Grover Norquist and the Federal Aviation Administration are trying to work out an agreement . Without a deal , the nation faces the so-called `` fiscal cliff '' come two years .
Obama says lawmaker `` tried to weasel out '' of anti-tax pledge . More Republican call for increased tax revenue in a deficit deal . President Grover Norquist and the Federal Aviation Administration are trying to work out an agreement . Without a deal , the nation faces the so-called `` fiscal cliff '' come two years .