RON'S PICKS.The Enduring Revolution: How the Contract with America In the historic 1994 midterm elections, Republicans won a majority in Congress for the first time in forty years, partly on the appeal of a platform called the Contract with America. Put forward by House Republicans, this sweeping ten-point plan promised to reshape government. Continues to Shape the Nation, by Major Garrett See also: All pages beginning with Garrett Garrett is a masculine Irish, and Anglo-Saxon first name, or surname meaning "Lord of the spear", "spear brave" or "spear wielder". , Crown Forum, 336 pages, $25.95. Looks at the 1994 midterm mid·term n. 1. The middle of an academic term or a political term of office. 2. a. An examination given at the middle of a school or college term. b. midterms A series of such examinations. elections when Republicans ran the electoral table and wrested control of Congress from Bill Clinton's Democrats. Authored by a prominent Fox News reporter, the book centers on the Contract with America, how it was put together, the political strategies that shaped it, and how it has changed the federal government, national politics and American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of life since most of its provisions were enacted during the Republican Revolution in 1995. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Shows how George W. Bush built his 2000 and 2004 campaigns around ideas that were spawned during the 1994 elections. Credits Clinton's support of a balanced budget Balanced budget A budget in which the income equals expenditure. See: budget. balanced budget A budget in which the expenditures incurred during a given period are matched by revenues. and welfare reform to the Republican takeover. Links current foreign policy and defense policies to the contract. Traces both the strategic successes and tactical mistakes made by GOP leaders, especially former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who masterminded the contract and the historic Republican congressional gains, and draws important lessons for today's political candidates and elected officials grappling with many of the same issues. |
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