Ten years after Newt Gingrich used it to win a Republican Majority in the House, the "Contract with America" looks to be broken. Congress has run up record deficits, term-limit pledges are rare to non-existent, and House Republicans just weakened ethics-rules. There've been clashes between the GOP leadership and rank and file Republicans in the House over what provisions of the conservative manifesto are being applied and which have gone by the wayside. (Boston Globe)
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