POLITICO: Politics Once Again a ‘Contract’ Sport
By Andy Barr & Kenneth P. Vogel Newt Gingrich wants a new Contract for America. Dick Armey and his tea party allies want a Contract from America. House Minority Leader John Boehner has his own...
View ArticleNEWSWEEK: Rep. Kevin McCarthy Concocting his Own Plan to Take Back the House
By Michael Hirsh Rep. Kevin McCarthy laughs at the idea that he’s trying to resurrect the “Contract With America.” “No sequel, outside of The Godfather II, ever did better than the original,” he jokes....
View ArticleSCRIPPS NEWS: Republicans Look for New Contract to Help Regain Congress
WASHINGTON – Republicans are so convinced that the fall midterm elections could be a repeat of 1994, the year that ushered them into the majority in Congress, they are reaching into the playbook for...
View ArticleGrassroots Activists Help Launch Historic “Contract from America”
Download a hardcopy of the official press release here. On April 15th, hundreds of local Tea Party and limited government groups around the country will join together to announce the launch of the...
View ArticlePOLITICO: GOP Praises Tea Party ‘Contract from America’
By Jake Sherman House Republicans are showering praise on the tea party’s “Contract from America,” a document that lays out some of the movement’s priorities. As the tea partiers gathered on the...
View ArticleCONGRESS.ORG: Tea Partier to GOP…“Copy Away”
Republicans seem to be borrowing from the tea party playbook. By Ambreen Ali If imitation is a form of flattery, then the GOP just paid tea partyer Ryan Hecker the ultimate compliment. As Hecker and...
View ArticleWSJ: “Tea-Party Activists Stage Tax-Day Rallies”
Filing Deadline Brings Out Protesters Against Big Government, Administration Policies; ‘Tsunami of Conservatism’ By Neil King Jr., Douglas Belkin, and Louise Radnofsky Tea-party activists held rallies...
View ArticleHUFFINGTON POST: “GOP Crowd-Sourcing Its Policy Agenda”
This time around, the GOP is crowd-sourcing its contract. House Republicans want your help “develop[ing] a new governing agenda,” according to a statement announcing a new effort to elicit public input...
View ArticleTHE HILL: GOP Plans ‘America Speaking Out’ Event
By Molly K. Hooper House GOP leaders have planned a high-profile event at Washington D.C.’s Newseum Tuesday morning to launch the start of their “America Speaking Out” project. Chief Deputy Whip Kevin...
View ArticleROLL CALL: GOP to Roll Out Agenda-Building Project
House Republican leaders will roll out a new initiative on Tuesday that will become a central part of designing their policy agenda, according to GOP aides familiar with the plan. The effort, called...
View Article“Contract from America” Applauds GOP’s Initiative to Listen to the American...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 24, 2010 Tomorrow, House Republicans are launching a new initiative to “engage Americans across the country and give them a voice in creating a new agenda for...
View ArticleHouse GOP Launches “America Speaking Out” Online Initiative
Today, Republicans in the House of Representative launched an online initiative very similar to the Contract from America, in which they intend to solicit ideas from the American people. Presumably...
View ArticleTHE ATLANTIC: House GOP’s New Contract is a Page From the Tea Party
By Chris Good House Republicans unveiled a new website today, AmericaSpeakingOut.com, through which they’ll solicit ideas for a Contract with America style platform document. Visitors can submit and...
View ArticleABC NEWS: House GOP Begins Crafting New ‘Contract [FROM] America’
Effort is Modeled on Newt Gingrich’s 1994 Agenda [and the 2010 "Contract from America"] By TEDDY DAVIS House Republican leaders are beginning the process of crafting a 2010 version of the “Contract...
View ArticleCBS NEWS: “Pledge to America” Unveiled by Republicans (Full Text)
By Brian Montopoli, Jill Jackson CBS News has obtained a final draft of House Republicans’ legislative agenda for the next Congress, a 21-page “Pledge to America” that they will formally unveil...
View ArticleStatement on the Republican “Pledge To America”
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A HARDCOPY OF THIS STATEMENT The Contract from America Foundation made the following announcement today regarding the newly released Republican “Pledge to America”: We are...
View ArticleFOX NEWS: Is GOP “Pledge” A Direct Descendant Of Tea Party “Contract from...
STERLING, Va. — House Republicans came to TART Lumber in suburban Washington, D.C. Thursday to unveil their “Pledge to America,” a sweeping conservative agenda that calls for reigning in federal...
View ArticlePOLITICS DAILY: Republicans Officially Unveil ‘Pledge to America’
By Patricia Murphy STERLING, Va.– Far from the steps of the U.S. Capitol, 13 Republican members of Congress gathered Thursday at Tart Lumber Co. to unveil “Pledge to America,” a 45-page booklet they...
View ArticleThe Contract from America
We, the citizens of the United States of America, call upon those seeking to represent us in public office to sign the Contract from America and by doing so commit to support each of its agenda items...
View ArticlePOLITICO: Debt Ceiling Talks have Tea Party Ready for Disappointment – and...
By Kenneth P. Vogel and Marin Cogan Tea party activists braced for disappointment as negotiations on the debt ceiling finally resulted in a deal Sunday, but sent a clear signal to congressional...
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