Anti-tax activist says he got $1.5m from tribes

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The Boston Globe Reports:

WASHINGTON -- Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist said yesterday that his organization has received nearly $1.5 million from Indian tribes in the past five years and that he arranged for tribal leaders to attend meetings to discuss tax policy with President Bush every year for the past four years.

Indian tribes have opposed longstanding proposals to impose a federal tax on their gaming revenues. A White House official said Bush did meet with tribal leaders in small groups that also included state legislators but said that federal policy on Indian casinos was not discussed.

The Alabama Christian Coalition, which has a strict policy against receiving money tied to gambling interests, received $850,000, and Citizens Against Legalized Lottery received $300,000, Norquist said.

Norquist said he sent money to the two anti-gambling groups in Alabama because the tribe wanted to block gambling competition in that state.

The Alabama Christian Coalition says on its website that it has a strict policy against taking gambling-related money.

''While there is nothing illegal about taking gambling money, for the to willingly do so would be abhorrently unethical," the website reads.

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