Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) told Fox News on Monday that the “political reality of the president’s victory” means signers of Grover Norquist’s no new taxes pledge will have to “wrestle” with the idea of including new revenues in a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. Sessions has signed the pledge in the past, but suggested Monday he is now open to new revenue. Like other Republicans who have made similar statements in recent days, Sessions said he still believed taxes do not need to go up.
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