[Rick Lee]

Let's see, the Contract "on" America included 10 simple things that Newt promised the Congress would vote on in the first 100 days of that session. They voted on all of them in around 94 days and the only one that didn't pass the House was term limits.

Tech, what was so bad about it? Clinton promised welfare reform even before Newt and Haley Barbour came up with the Contract. But Bubba did nothing about it. When the Congress passed it anyway, he vetoed it not once, but twice and then still signed it before the '96 election just to take an issue of the table. If that's not pure BS politics, I don't know what is.

What were some of the others you objected to? Banning unfunded mandates? Requiring Congress to live under the same laws it passes for everyone else? Cut committee staff by 1/3? Ban proxy voting? Requiring a super majority for raising taxes? Passing a balanced budget amendment?

What's so horrible about any of those and why do you call it a Contract "on" America?