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"The president has agreed the administration team will consult with the House Republicans and that for my part I will, as whip, in turn consult with these three people regarding the duck test," he said.<ref name="duckhunters"/>

While corporate funding for ATR may have been volatile, Norquist had success on another front. In a letter of invitation to [[Philip Morris]]' (PM) Washington-based Legislative Council, Beverley McKittrick, Norquist reported that during 1997, 1997, and 1998, a series of ATR-hosted dinner discussions on tax issues had all been sold out. The earlier dinners had featured speakers such as former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, Congressman John Kasich, and Congressman Bill Thomas.

"We seek forums, in the media or with third parties who help us fight onerous legislation/regulation, to balance hyperbolic accusations of well financed critics whose credibility with key audiences is greater than hour," the document stated.<ref>RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/mum50d00/pdf Mission Statement Review], organizational document, 1999.</ref>

Starting in 2004, ATF launched a national letter-writing campaign to persuade Virginia legislators to fight Democratic Governor [[Mark Warner]]'s plan to raise taxes to maintain the state's AAA bond raising and meet commitments to K-12 and higher education funding, among other purposes. Warner had inherited budget shortfalls from his predecessor, Republican [[George Allen]] and had already cut spending to avoid a deficit.<ref>The Washington Post, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/daily/graphics/virginia_money_022504.html?referrer=emaillink Virginia's Money Plans], organizational chart, 2004.</ref>

Shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City, the ''New Republic'' reported that Norquist had been working to broker a "strange alliance" between the Republican Party and radical Islam.<ref>Franklin Foer, [http://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/83799/norquist-radical-islam-cair Fevered Pitch], New Republic, November 12, 2001.</ref> In February 2003, however, ATR weighed in to support the Bush administration's war drive against Iraq. According to the ''New York Times'', "Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, said his organization had sent every state legislature a proposed measure for adoption the day fighting starts that supports Mr. Bush's actions."<ref>Michael Janofsky, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/01/politics/01PEAC.html?ex=1045136269&ei=1&en=f7706b72d4e51e34 Antiwar Sentiment in County Seats and City Halls], The New York Times, February 1, 2003.</ref>

The [[Ronald Reagan Legacy Project]] is a project of Americans for Tax Reform. It is a project to put Reagan's image on U.S. ten dollar bill and to "dedicate more things after Reagan." It promotes a Ronald Reagan Day and naming landmarks after Reagan. <ref>Americans for Tax Reform [http://www.atr.org/ronald-reagan-legacy-project-a4499 about the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project], organizational Web site, accessed August 27, 2010</ref>

This group works to influence legislation in opposition to the estate tax, environmental protection, licensing restrictions, Federal purchase of land for national parks and wildlife areas, broadcast requirements for "multicasting" and drug importation, as well as seizure by eminent domain.<ref>Property Rights Alliance, [http://www.propertyrightsalliance.org/about About], organizational website, accessed May 22, 2013.</ref>

The "Alliance for Worker Freedom" is a "special project" of Americans for Tax Reform. The name is really a misnomer, as the Alliance opposes unions. At the Web site of the AWF, it says "AWF works to raise awareness of labor union abuses within the political system by educating movement conservatives on the threats to liberty posed by labor unions." AWF opposes collective bargaining.<ref>Alliance for Worker Freedom [http://www.workerfreedom.org/Collective-Bargaining-a2785 Collective Bargaining], organizational Web site, accessed August 27, 2010</ref> AWF opposes the Employee Free Choice Act.<ref>Alliance for Worker Freedom [http://www.workerfreedom.org/Card-Check--The-Employee-Free-Choice-Act-a2784 The Employee Free Choice Act], organizational Web site, accessed August 27, 2010</ref>

The Media Freedom Project was a partner project of Americans for Tax Reform, operating from a now defunct website.<ref>Media Freedom Project, [http://web.archive.org/web/20090126123012/http://mediafreedomproject.org/ Home], organizational website - accessed by the Wayback Machine, archived January 26, 2009.</ref>

This now defunct project had the mission of providing a "voice to people...in the public policy debates that impact" savings and investments. This included opposition to the estate tax and a "fairer, simpler", e.g. less progressive tax rate. Other former endeavors included, fighting net neutrality, opposing limitations on "grassroots" internet lobbying, extending lower taxes on capital gains and dividends, supporting Samuel Alito for Supreme Court, and supporting the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).In their words, "Approving CAFTA will reward the democracies in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic for rejecting the Communists, and will send the message to the region and the world that those who adopt free market policies will prosper, and those who adopt Leftist anti-American protectionist policies will fail."{{fact}}