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Title: House GOP's 'governing agenda': a 2010 Contract With America? (Con~Job too - on America!)
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The Christian Science Monitor
URL Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politi ... a-a-2010-Contract-With-America
Published: Sep 21, 2010
Author: Amanda Paulson
Post Date: 2010-09-21 02:19:46 by hondo68
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Keywords: neo CON, BOHICA, NWO agenda, Two Party Fraud
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For months, pundits have been comparing this election with 1994, when Republicans took back control of Congress and gained 54 seats in the House of Representatives. Can they do the same this November, with the public mood seemingly turned against Democrats and incumbents? Now, here’s another similarity: On Thursday, House Republicans are set to release a “governing agenda,” outlining their priorities should they take back control. Comparisons with Newt Gingrich’s 1994 “Contract With America” are inevitable; that document was also released six weeks before the election (on Sept. 20) and set forth eight reforms the GOP backed and 10 bills lawmakers promised to bring to the floor should they be elected. The Republicans' victory – and the resurgence of the conservative movement – became closely linked to the contract. No details are available about this year’s document, which will be announced at a hardware store in Sterling, Va. – a contrast with the Capitol-steps signing ceremony that accompanied the Contract With America release – but it is supposed to contain about 20 points. It’s likely to include a repeal of President Obama’s health-care-reform and economic priorities, including reining in spending and emphasizing job creation. At least in part, the agenda is fueled by public input, via “America Speaking Out,” an Internet project that solicited ideas earlier this year. So will this election be 1994 redux? The polls have not been in Democrats’ favor. Two weeks ago, Gallup polls showed the biggest “generic” lead for Republicans – 51 percent to 41 – in 60 years of polling. And most pundits – including Charlie Cook’s political report – are predicting House Republicans will gain the 39 seats they need to take control, though few are predicting anything like the 1994 rout. But not everything is bad news for Democrats. That Gallup poll may have been an aberration. This week, the poll shows a virtual tie in the generic ballot: 46 percent favoring Democrats versus 45 percent for Republicans. And a Senate takeover, which once seemed likely, probably become more of an uphill battle for the GOP in the wake of Christine O’Donnell’s primary win in Delaware. While Thursday’s agenda may be Republican lawmakers’ attempt at creating a new Contract With America, it’s unclear just who in the fractured party is taking up the leadership role that Newt Gingrich held in 1994. John Boehner, the Ohio congressman and minority leader who will be the likely speaker in a Republican House, is the one option. But Representative Boehner seems an uncomfortable spokesman for the direction the party is headed, and has already caused a stir within with his statement that he’d be open to a compromise on tax cuts. On Monday, President Obama gave his view of the election, when asked whether he would debate Boehner before the election, as President Bill Clinton did with Gingrich 16 years ago. “I think that it’s premature to say that John Boehner’s going to be speaker of the House,” Mr. Obama said at a CNBC town hall meeting.
Poster Comment: After a 10 year snooze, these bushbots are rearing to go! NAFTA super highways, bridges to nowhere, amnesty for illegal invaders, gay marriage, WW III... the sky's the limit. Whatever it takes to get elected, and back into power. Just say NO to Democrats and Republicans!
House minority leader John Boehner of Ohio holds a news conference Sept. 15 on Capitol Hill. From left are House minority whip Eric Cantor, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence (R), Boehner, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) of Washington. 
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
Amen! I hear that is an amnesty vote up for tomorrow.
"Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. Thanks for the reminder. Got it up now.
Just say NO to Democrats and Republicans!
Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
#2. To: farmfriend (#1)
I hear that is an amnesty vote up for tomorrow.
My joy over McCain's defeat, is offset by my disappointment over hObama's victory.
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