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== Speakership ==
== Speakership ==
[[File:Ronald Reagan with Newt Gingrich.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[President Ronald Reagan]] meets with Speaker Newt Gingrich in the Oval Office, May 20, 1985]]
*All ten items in the Contract With America were brought to a vote in the U.S. House in the first 100 days (the promise was to bring them to a vote). Nine of the ten items passed the House. The sole exception was term limits which received a plurality but required a two-thirds majority as a Constitutional Amendment.
*All ten items in the Contract With America were brought to a vote in the U.S. House in the first 100 days (the promise was to bring them to a vote). Nine of the ten items passed the House. The sole exception was term limits which received a plurality but required a two-thirds majority as a Constitutional Amendment.
*Committee Chairmen were term-limited as was the Speakership.
*Committee Chairmen were term-limited as was the Speakership.