Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses the latest presidential polling data and lays out Vice President Kamala Harris' policies as Election Day nears on 'Hannity.'

This week marks the 30th anniversary of a national event which changed American history.

On September 27 in 1994, House Republicans stood on the Capitol steps and signed the Contract with America.

The terms were simple: Elect Republicans, and we will do the following things. If we fail to keep our word, kick us out at the next election.

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After 40 years of Democratic Party control of the House (and 60 of the previous 64 years), Americans were ready to take a chance on this new, idea-oriented, Republican Party.

We were careful to promise only what we absolutely could do. We could not guarantee things would become law. That would require Senate passage – and President Bill Clinton’s agreement to sign bills. We couldn’t even guarantee that we could pass everything through the House. Our majority was not going to be that big. We promised to schedule votes in the first 100 days on every single item in the contract.

The 100-day deadline came from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s sense of urgency when he became president during the Great Depression. He wanted to pass reform legislation and economic relief legislation as rapidly as possible.

We had 10 specific pledges in the Contract with America. These included a tax cut, a line-item veto, anti-crime laws, tort reform, welfare reform, and changes in how Congress was run.

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The specific nature of the Contract made it believable. We also followed the principle that every issue had to have at least 60 percent popular support. This helped shield us from the propaganda media’s attempts to distort and attack........

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