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Contract with America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Contract with America was a document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign. Written by Larry Hunter who was aided by Newt Gingrich, Rober...
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Welcome to the Contract From America initiative, where you can join your fellow Americans in a collaborative grassroots effort to create a document that offers real change in Washington, D.C. and the state capitals.
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Decades from now, historians quite likely will reflect back upon the Contract With America as one of the most significant developments in the political history of the United States. ... Perhaps the best way to address various aspects of the Contract With America, the ideas in and behind the Contract and its relation to the...
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Contract with America, presented in The National Center for Public Policy Research's Archive of Historical Documents ... Respecting the judgment of our fellow citizens as we seek their mandate for reform, we hereby pledge our names to this Contract with America.
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Gingrich's Contract With America was a notably cynical document. The controversial social passions of the conservative base--abortion, school prayer, guns--were left out. The Contract promised a balanced-budget amendment to appeal to Perot voters but also more tax cuts.
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At first glance, the Contract With America is a pretty bland document. By contrast to the Republican platform in the 1992 elections, the right-wing, fundamentalist, moral majority absolutism is lacking. The Republicans have learned a lesson from their drubbing in the 1992 election.
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