About 200 Dude.....
BTW- your Pdf link failed.
The site would not let the link go as is. You can cut/paste it and it will show his pledge with the lobby letterhead.
I only found 123 (yeah, only) on that Social Security one. I had not seen that one. They are as bad as all the Republicans IMHO.
Nice commentary here:
"Commentary: Official Oath, Pledge Should Be Enough
When members of Congress begin their terms in office, they raise their right hands and say this: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God.”
That and the Pledge of Allegiance ought to pretty much cover it.
Unfortunately, in recent years, outside groups have been pressing members of Congress to make other pledges. Two have been quite effective in hamstringing public officials: The Taxpayer Protection Pledge and the Social Security Protectors pledge. More than 80 percent of the members of Congress have signed one or the other.
The Taxpayer Protection Pledge, pushed by Americans for Tax Reform, requires signers to promise to resist any attempts to raise taxes, and if they vote to close deductions, they will lower rates by a corresponding amount so that the government doesn’t collect any extra money.
It’s basically a Republican thing. It has been signed by 276 members including four Arkansans: Rep. Rick Crawford, Rep. Tim Griffin, Rep. Steve Womack and Sen. John Boozman. Tom Cotton, the Republican candidate in Arkansas’ 4th District, also has signed it.
Americans for Tax Reform’s leader, Grover Norquist, plays hardball and allows no deviation no matter the situation. Earlier this year, Crawford proposed a 5 percent tax increase on million-dollar earners in exchange for something he thought more important, a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. Let’s just say he wasn’t rewarded for his willingness to give a little in order to get a little.
Then there’s the Social Security Protectors pledge, pushed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. It’s for Democrats. Its 123 signers, including Arkansas’ Rep. Mike Ross from the 4th District, have promised never to cut any Social Security benefits, including raising the retirement age, and also to oppose privatizing the program in any way."
