GOP embarrased...stonewalling any talk about contract with America...

[greenbriar]

GOP Shuns Talking Contract With America

21 minutes ago

By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK - Instead of a birthday cake for the Contract With America's 10th anniversary, Republicans at their national convention have given it a cold shoulder.


The cavalcade of speakers addressing this week's GOP gathering has not mentioned the campaign manifesto that House Republicans used in 1994 to end 40 years as the chamber's minority party. Republicans captured the Senate as well but did not use the contract.


"This convention is about the future. The contract is about the past," said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., the driving force behind the contract, who said he agrees that it should be ignored


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[realFedUp]

1. The text of the Contract on America

http://www.house.gov/house/Contract/CONTRACT.html

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1. THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: A balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out- of-control Congress, requiring them to live under the same budget constraints as families and businesses. (Bill Text) (Description)

2. THE TAKING BACK OUR STREETS ACT: An anti-crime package including stronger truth-in- sentencing, "good faith" exclusionary rule exemptions, effective death penalty provisions, and cuts in social spending from this summer's "crime" bill to fund prison construction and additional law enforcement to keep people secure in their neighborhoods and kids safe in their schools. (Bill Text) (Description)

3. THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: Discourage illegitimacy and teen pregnancy by prohibiting welfare to minor mothers and denying increased AFDC for additional children while on welfare, cut spending for welfare programs, and enact a tough two-years-and-out provision with work requirements to promote individual responsibility. (Bill Text) (Description)

4. THE FAMILY REINFORCEMENT ACT: Child support enforcement, tax incentives for adoption, strengthening rights of parents in their children's education, stronger child pornography laws, and an elderly dependent care tax credit to reinforce the central role of families in American society. (Bill Text) (Description)

5. THE AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION ACT: A S500 per child tax credit, begin repeal of the marriage tax penalty, and creation of American Dream Savings Accounts to provide middle class tax relief. (Bill Text) (Description)

6. THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESTORATION ACT: No U.S. troops under U.N. command and restoration of the essential parts of our national security funding to strengthen our national defense and maintain our credibility around the world. (Bill Text) (Description)

7. THE SENIOR CITIZENS FAIRNESS ACT: Raise the Social Security earnings limit which currently forces seniors out of the work force, repeal the 1993 tax hikes on Social Security benefits and provide tax incentives for private long-term care insurance to let Older Americans keep more of what they have earned over the years. (Bill Text) (Description)

8. THE JOB CREATION AND WAGE ENHANCEMENT ACT: Small business incentives, capital gains cut and indexation, neutral cost recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to create jobs and raise worker wages. (Bill Text) (Description)

9. THE COMMON SENSE LEGAL REFORM ACT: "Loser pays" laws, reasonable limits on punitive damages and reform of product liability laws to stem the endless tide of litigation. (Bill Text) (Description)

10. THE CITIZEN LEGISLATURE ACT: A first-ever vote on term limits to replace career politicians with citizen legislators. (Description)

[Kimber Scott]

2. It really doesn't look so bad now, does it?

LOL! Everything is relative.

[Bandit]

3. How many Republicans pledged to term limit themselves and then

didn't live up to their pledge? The whole purpose of the "Contract with America" was to show America Republicans keep their words. I would think this could be another talking point. We have so many to choose from and yet none are getting talked about.

[redqueen]

4. Hope this stays in the news a while

Maybe it will get more attention after the whorefest in NYC.

[Democat]

5. The biggest flip flop lie of all time?

Imagine if the Democrats had committed this type of fraud on the voters - what would the right wing media be saying today?

[greenbriar]

6. sigh...so

true

[cthrumatrix]

7. LOL what a riot...these group of liars want to make more promises

screw them and the corp media that promotes them