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Big tobacco companies used Norquist's tax pledge as a cover to lobby lawmakers against cigarette taxes. That was in the 1990s. Now, however, it's questioning that the ATR group still remains somewhat in control of the Republican party. An inside look at the funding for Norquist's group reveals that 66 percent is coming from only two non-profit organizations. The [[Center to Protect Patient Rights]] donated $4,189,000 to ATR in 2010, 34 percent of the total amount of funding. [[Crossroads GPS]] donated $4,000,000 to ATR in the same year, 32.46 percent of the budget. The staggering amount of money from these billionaire-backed organizations donated accounts for well over half the total budget. <ref>[http://www.thenation.com/blog/171475/analysis-grover-norquists-budget-largely-financed-just-two-billionaire-backed-nonprofits#] Grover Norquist's Budget is Largely Financed by Two Billionaire-backed Nonprofits, Lee Fang, November 27, 2012.</ref>