Contract with America

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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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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 ⓘ

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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 ⓘ
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