The Contract With America
Within the first 100 days of the 104th Congress, we shall bring to the House Floor the following bills, each to be given full and open debate, each to be given a clear and fair vote and each to be immediately available for public inspection and scrutiny.

1. Balanced budget amendment and line item veto: It's time to force the government to live within its means and to restore accountability to the budget in Washington.

2. Stop violent criminals: Let's get tough with an effective, believable and timely death penalty for violent offenders. Let's also reduce crime by building more prisons, making sentences longer and putting more police on the streets.

3. Welfare reform: The government should encourage people to work, not to have children out of wedlock.

4. Protect our kids: We must strengthen families by giving parents greater control over education, enforcing child support payments and getting tough on child pornography.

5. Tax cuts for families: Let's make it easier to achieve the American dream, save money, buy a home and send the kids to college.

6. Strong national defense: We need to ensure a strong national defense by restoring the essential parts of our national security funding.

7. Raise the senior citizen's earning limit: We can put an end to government age discrimination that discourages seniors from working if they choose.

8. Roll back government regulations: Let's slash regulations that strangle small businesses, and let's make it easier for people to invest in order to create jobs and increase wages.

9. Common-sense legal reform: We can finally stop excessive legal claims, frivolous lawsuits and overzealous lawyers.

10. Congressional term limits: Let's replace career politicians with citizen legislators. After all, politics shouldn't be a lifetime job.

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