Minnesota Report In 1994, US House Minority Leader Newt Gingrich (R-GA) put forward the Contract With America, which opponents labeled as the Contract on America. Today, the Republican Senate Majority led by Sen. Paul Gazelka (R-09, Nisswa) and Republican House...
Contract with America 1. THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: A balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out-of-control Congress, requiring them to live under the same budget constraints as families and...
The second issue of Checks & Balances focuses on the Minnesota State Legislature, the importance of rational voices, and Minnesota perspectives raised nationwide. In Thinker’s Corner Gustavus Adolphus Professor Christopher Gilbert discusses the role of...
We asked former Congressman Tim Penny (D-MN) to address the issues of leadership and the challenges we face moving into the 21st century. He provided us with this article in response. Tim has recently published Common Cents, written with journalist Major Garrett,...
