FRC President Tony Perkins Joins Conservative and Tea Party Leaders For News Conference Against Tax Increases in Any Super Committee Deal

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Nov 21, 2011, 03:24 ET

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins will join conservative and Tea Party leaders for a news conference to warn Republican congressional leaders against caving on tax increases in any "super committee" deal.

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Of the super committee Perkins said:

"Congress should oppose any tax increases, either imposed by the super committee or supposedly mandated once the super committee ultimately fails.

"Tax hikes will weaken an economy already reeling from high unemployment, costly regulation, and already high tax rates. We need economic growth, and the way to get there is not to bleed an already struggling patient."

WHAT: News conference warning Republicans against rolling over on tax increases as part of any super committee deal. Conservatives are reissuing the warning that raising taxes loses elections, just as they correctly warned George H.W. Bush after he broke his tax pledge in 1991.

WHO:
Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
L. Brent Bozell III, Chairman, ForAmerica
Tim Phillips, President, Americans for Prosperity
Jenny Beth Martin, National Coordinator, Tea Party Patriots
David Bossie, President, Citizens United

WHEN: Tuesday, November 22 at 10:00 a.m. ET, ahead of the super committee deadline

WHERE: Capitol Hill Hyatt, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001, Congressional Room A

SOURCE Family Research Council