Contract With America

God, guns, and freedom U.S. Politics

Starting arguments over Thanksgiving dinner

Social Security Conservative Teen Valerie Plame Affair Terri Schiavo case Isolationism Christine O'Donnell Bill Clinton

Persons of interest

Jack Abramoff Orrin Hatch John Boehner Jeb Bush Chris Christie Fred Karger v - t - e

The Contract With America (also known as the "Contract on America") was a series of ironically Satanic bullshit electioneering platform points formed by Newt Gingrich in the runup to the 1994 mid-term elections in the United States. Some, such as welfare reform (read: gutting) and a moratorium on regulation, had been GOP talking points for several years. Gingrich had been grooming potential congressional candidates, and his Contract was a unifying theme among them. While there were almost certainly other reasons involved, he and his proteges succeeded in taking control of the House of Representatives. However, the U.S. Constitution's much-derided system of checks and balances came through and most of the bills implementing reforms advocated in the Contract were stopped in the Senate.

See also

• Great Recession

External links

• Contract scorecard by PBS - Which parts have become law?

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