House Republican Contract with America 1994

A PROGRAM FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

We’ve listened to your concerns and we hear you loud and clear. If you give us the majority, on the first day of Congress, a Republican House will:

● Force Congress to live under the same laws as every other American

● Cut one out of three Congressional committee staffers

● Cut the Congressional budget

Then, in the first 100 days there will be votes on the following 10 bills:

1. Balanced budget amendment and the line item veto: It’s time to force the government to live within its means and restore accountability to the budget in Washington.

2. Stop violent criminals: Let’s get tough with an effective, able and timely death penalty for violent offenders. Let’s also reduce crime by building more prisons, making sentences longer and putting more police on the streets.

3. Welfare reform: The government should encourage people to work, not to have children out of wedlock.

4. Protect our kids: We must strengthen families by giving parents greater control over education, enforcing child support payments, and getting tough on child pornography.

5. Tax cuts for families: Let’s make it easier to achieve the American Dream: save money, buy a home, and send their kids to college.

6. Strong national defense: We need to ensure a strong national defense by restoring the essential parts of our national security funding.

7. Raise the senior citizens’ earning limit: We can put an end to government age discrimination that discourages seniors from working if they want.

8. Roll back government regulations: Let’s slash regulations that strangle small business and let’s make it easier for people to invest in order to create jobs and increase wages.

9. Common-sense legal reform: We can finally stop excessive legal claims, frivolous lawsuits, and overzealous lawyers.

10. Congressional term limits: Let’s replace career politicians with citizen legislators. After all, politics shouldn’t be a lifetime job.

IF WE BREAK THIS CONTRACT, THROW US OUT. WE MEAN IT.