If you liked the Contract With America, then you're going to love Rep.
Mike Pence's brand new Renewed Contract With America (PDF).
http://www.house.gov/pence/rsc/doc/RSC_2007_BUDGET.pdf
Here are a few excerpts from the introduction:
In 1994, Republicans across the country embraced a legislative
platform of freedom and opportunity, of getting spending under
control, reducing the tax burden, and shrinking the size of the
federal government.
The principles of this "revolutionary" path were laid down in the
Contract with America, a "detailed agenda for national renewal"
designed to "restore the bonds of trust between the people and their
elected representatives."
The nation responded to the Contract's vision by transforming the
political landscape in the House of Representatives and Washington.
....
Unfortunately, we are once again at a historic crossroads in the
nation's future.
Despite initial successes, Republicans today are confronted with
familiar challenges: expanding government, a worsening fiscal
position, and an explosive growth in spending and earmarks. ...
This is not the legacy the Members of the Republican Study Committee
wish to leave, a massive government and a crushing burden on future
generations.
In crafting this year's budget, we have sought to update the budget
passed by the first House Republican majority in a generation.
So let me get this straight... in 1994 Americans elected a
Republican-majority Congress who then enacted their Contract With
America designed for the purposes of "getting spending under control,
reducing the tax burden, and shrinking the size of the federal
government."
Congress has had a Republican majority for most of the past twelve
years, and now we have "expanding government, a worsening fiscal
position, an explosive growth in spending and earmarks ... a massive
government and a crushing burden on future generations."
And Mike Pence wants us to renew the Contract With America?
Looks like Pence has given up drinking the Kool-Aid and started
injecting it directly into his bloodstream.
From Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
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