Contract with America

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Republican Party document legislative agenda political platform

The Contract with America was a 1994 Republican Party legislative agenda that outlined a series of conservative policy proposals aimed at reshaping federal government priorities and helping the GOP gain control of the U.S. Congress.

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Label	Occurrences
Contract with America canonical	7
Contract with America policy agenda	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Republican Party document ⓘ legislative agenda ⓘ political platform ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States Congress ⓘ
author	Richard Armey ⓘ surface form: Dick Armey Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ surface form: Newt Gingrich
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateAnnounced	1994-09-27 ⓘ
describedAs	Republican Revolution policy blueprint ⓘ
documentFormat	written policy manifesto ⓘ
electoralImpact	contributed to Republican gains in the U.S. Senate in 1994 ⓘ contributed to Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 ⓘ
goal	advance conservative policy proposals ⓘ help Republicans gain control of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ reshape federal government priorities ⓘ
hasEffect	shaped mid-1990s U.S. federal policy debates ⓘ
hasPart	American Dream Restoration Act proposal ⓘ Citizen Legislature Act proposal ⓘ Common Sense Legal Reform Act proposal ⓘ Family Reinforcement Act proposal ⓘ Fiscal Responsibility Act proposal ⓘ Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act proposal ⓘ National Security Restoration Act proposal ⓘ Personal Responsibility Act proposal ⓘ Senior Citizens Fairness Act proposal ⓘ Taking Back Our Streets Act proposal ⓘ
inception	1994 ⓘ
influenced	104th United States Congress legislative agenda ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislativeFocus	balanced budget ⓘ tax cuts ⓘ term limits for members of Congress ⓘ tort reform ⓘ welfare reform and work requirements ⓘ
locationAnnounced	United States Capitol ⓘ
mainSubject	United States federal government reform ⓘ congressional reform ⓘ crime policy ⓘ fiscal policy ⓘ welfare reform ⓘ
mediaCoverage	national television in the United States ⓘ
numberOfProposals	10 ⓘ
opposedBy	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
politicalAlignment	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
politicalIdeology	conservatism ⓘ
proposedBy	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
significantEvent	1994 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
slogan	Contract with America self-link ⓘ
supportedBy	Republican Conference of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ surface form: House Republican Conference Republican National Committee ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Armey → notableWork → Contract with America ⓘ

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 → influencedBy → Contract with America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Contract with America policy agenda

104th United States Congress → notableFor → Contract with America ⓘ

104th United States Congress → implementedAgenda → Contract with America ⓘ

1994 United States House of Representatives elections → associatedWith → Contract with America ⓘ

Contract with America → slogan → Contract with America self-link ⓘ

Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) → ledPoliticalProgram → Contract with America ⓘ

subject surface form: Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) → wasChiefArchitectOf → Contract with America ⓘ

subject surface form: Newt Gingrich