Burr, along with most other Republicans, was a signatory of a widely circulated pledge not to increase taxes, and he supported a balanced-budget amendment.
When the first calls for a Libyan "day of rage" were circulated, Gaddafi pledged - apparently in all seriousness - to protest with the people, in keeping with his myth of being the "brother leader of the revolution" who had long ago relinquished power to the people.
In past election cycles, I circulated a pledge signed by hundreds of clergy, to keep politics out of the pulpit.
A party graphic circulated online pledged to stand up for marginalized groups including "youth, women, indigenous people, rural farmers, Afro-Colombians, artists, the LGBTI population, housewives, students, workers and the unemployed".
To the Editor: Your article mentions me as one of 11 anthropologists who are circulating a pledge for anthropologists opposed to undertaking counterinsurgency work in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Despite not hearing much about the estate tax in debates or town hall meetings this fall, it seems the American Family Business Institute, deemed an "advocacy group" in the Journal piece, is circulating a pledge among congressional candidates calling for elimination of the tax.
He also signed a pledge to oppose any tax increases to address climate change — a pledge circulated by Americans for Prosperity, the conservative lobbying group bankrolled by petrochemical billionaires Charles and David Koch.
In her campaign, she signed a pledge circulated by Common Cause to support "a complete ban on soft money".
After a dispute with the center, Puiu circulated a letter pledging never to participate in the system again.
Both refused to sign a pledge circulated by Senate Democrats this year to vote for Mr. Smith as their leader.
