Against Government: the Contract With America

As I write, in the summer of 1995, we do not know how many of the measures proposed in the Republican Contract With America will finally become law. But whatever the final legislative result, the Contract With America has already been a strikingly effective move in a campaign to restore Republican dominance in American national politics.

The Contract With America was presented by Republican House candidates on September 27, 1994. It has three parts. The first promises voters that Repub...