House GOP seen straying from pledges in 'Contract'

By Rick Klein

Globe Staff / January 10, 2005

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WASHINGTON -- They stormed into Congress a decade ago, a fresh-faced band of Republican candidates brandishing a Contract with America that promised balanced budgets, ''citizen legislators" who would serve and return to the private sector, and a restored trust in the nation's elected leaders as the GOP took control of the House for the first time in 40 years. (Full article: 1502 words)