Before the elections in 2012, Grover Norquist, who founded Americans for Tax Reform, pressured 238 House members and 41 Senators to sign his Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Whether it was good or poor policy doesn't matter. What does matter is those members of Congress that made that pledge were pledging to a non-profit organization instead of to the People they represented.

 

They were also in violation of the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Sec 8 Powers of Congress, where it states:

"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States"

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By pledging to Mr Norquist and his non-profit, those signing the Pledge actually abdicated their Constitutional duty by surrendering their decision to a private group of The People. 

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PLEDGE TO AMERICANS forces candidates and elected officials to sign a contract with Americans that they support increasing the size of the House (preferably PROJECT1305 in particular).  

 

 PLEDGE TO AMERICANS also allows any Americans that support increasing the size of the House (preferably PROJECT1305 in particular) to demonstrate it by signing their own contract.

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PLEDGE TO AMERICANS also allows Americans an easy way to approach local elected officials, including judges, to request they sign a contact to demonstrate if they are aligned or not.

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Because most of our elected officials run as Democrats or Republicans, they have influence within their respective party, as well as with those that voted for them, and their local community.​