The Contract with America Lives

townhall ^ | 3-6-06 | Tim Chapman

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Bring back the Balanced Budget Amendment.

[eyespysomething]

ping

[trubluolyguy]

Tomorrow, conservatives in the House of Representatives, led by Mike Pence and Jeb Hensarling, will introduce a bold budget that is modeled after the fabled mid-90's Contract with America.

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And the party big wigs will immediately declase it dead on arrival. C'mon folks what we have now is a two party system. The Big Spenders vs the REALLY big spenders.

[Gipper08]

Tomorrow will be the opening battle for the budget.This v battle could well determine the future of conservatism and the majority or minority party status of the GOP.

[Gipper08]

http://www.townhall.com/blogs/capitolreport/TimChapman/story/2006/02/28/188151.html

[null and void]

Let the pandering begin!

[Gipper08]

RSC TOP TEN



1. Make the Tax Cuts Permanent, including the repeal of the marriage-tax penalty and the death tax and pass fundamental tax reform.

2. Pass Budget Process Reform, which includes budgeting for emergencies with a rainy day fund, instituting a sunset commission for federal programs, instituting a constitutional line-item veto, and making the budget resolution carry the force of law.

3. Pass another Deficit Reduction Bill in the form of budget reconciliation, to reign in autopilot spending, which has risen from 25% of all federal spending in 1963 to 54% today, and is expected to reach nearly 60% in 2014.

4. Pass Ethics Reform that requires transparency and earmark reform that permits Members of Congress to strike earmarks on the House floor.

5. Pass the Marriage Protection Amendment, to ensure that marriage, the union of a woman and a man as husband and wife, is not redefined by activist judges.

6. Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to put our fiscal house in order.

7. Offset all emergency supplemental spending with spending reductions and offset all new programs with simultaneous, equivalent reductions in, or eliminations of, existing programs.

8. Defend the Sanctity of Human Life, which includes banning all human cloning, passing the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, promoting ethical adult stem cell research, and preventing federal funding for destructive embryonic stem cell research.

9. Pass Protections for Religious Freedom, such as the Pledge of Allegiance, the Ten Commandments, and religious expression in the public square.

10. Pass legislation that stops the raid on the Social Security Trust Fund and allows Americans to own a Personal Social Security Account.

[JamesP81]

Americans will respect Congressmen who make tough choices for sake of the country's future. You just have to explain yourself and stop being ashamed.

Praise the Lord. Somebody up there still gets it.

[dfwgator]

The problem is everybody wants to get rid of pork, except for their own.

[cpprfld]

Those top ten would be nice, but I think we would need to see a completely new set of politicians in order for it to happen.

[MNJohnnie]

Go Mike Go!!!!! If you find out the Bill number could you post it?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2200

Contract on America, humor on Democrats version.
Might need it's separate post.

[Gipper08]

LOL!

[jackbenimble]

RSC TOP TEN

Securing our borders is curiously missing.

[Gipper08]

THe RSC just fought for and passed a bill putting a wall on our souther border.It is now up to the Senate.

[paul51]

The battle is going to be whether we spend way too much or way, way too much and none of it will result in addressing the problems such as energy or borders in any meaningful way.

[Prysson]

Ill belive it when I see it..this proposal is most likely DOA

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

I feel energized again. I have something to support other than just killing Islamic fascists.

The Budget cuts that will have to be made will affect a lot of people, but will do wonders for the fiscal health of our country.

I hate it when I read articles like I read in the paper this morning about how the small deficit reduction law just passed is affecting the college loan program. Some college students will have to pay a little longer on their student loans. GIVE ME A BREAK

Budget cuts will reduce subsidies for many programs that amount to middle class welfare. I would rather reduce the size of these programs and balance the budget. However, many people will complain. Remember how Gingrich was taking the food out of the mouths of those poor kids (school lunch program).