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To: Vulcan Bullshrimp
Ideas? Those were promises, promises to enact a Balanced Budget Amendment, amoung other things. Remember?

Oh and how about the Term Limits promise? Betrayed again, weren't we?

Remember? How soon we forget.

The Contract With America was a sole sponsorship by the Republicans running for the House.

In it, they promised that, if elected to a majority, they would bring all of the items in the contract to a vote on the House floor.

The newly elected Republican House was true to its word. Every single item was brought to the floor for a vote, up or down. Every one of them passed, save one -- the aforementioned term limits.

Many of the reforms promised were not achieved because the Senate failed to act or they were vetoed by the First Felon -- Bill Clinton.

But be advised that Newt Gingrich and the GOP House kept their promise. Give them their just due.

42 posted on 12/28/2002 5:54:30 PM PST by okie01
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