Sen. Chambliss: 'I'm not in favor of tax increases'

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) stressed over Twitter on Monday that he supports tax reform that lowers tax rates, not tax increases.

I'm not in favor of tax increases. I'm in favor of significant tax reform 2 lower tax rates & generate additional revenue through job growth

— Saxby Chambliss (@SaxbyChambliss) November 26, 2012

The tweet comes a few days after Chambliss suggested that he might disregard an anti-tax pledge authored by Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist in order to hammer out a deficit reduction plan. Chambliss told a local radio station that if Congress strictly followed the Norquist pledge "then we'll continue in debt."

"And I just have a disagreement with [Norquist] about that," Chambliss said.

In response, Norquist released a statement saying Chambliss would be going back on his word to his constituents if he ignored the pledge.

"Senator Chambliss promised the people of Georgia he would go to Washington and reform government rather than raise taxes to pay for bigger government. He made that commitment in writing to the people of Georgia," Norquist said. "If he plans to vote for higher taxes to pay for Obama-sized government he should address the people of Georgia and let them know that he plans to break his promise to them."