Democrats' Platform Lacks Details for Course of Action

Summary

---

WASHINGTON - When Republicans took over the House of Representatives in 1994, ending four decades of Democratic dominance there, they followed the marching orders they'd laid out in their Contract with America.

But if Democrats pull off the biggest shakeup of Congress since then by regaining control of the House and Senate in the Nov. 7 election, they will have no comparable document to guide them and thus might have a smaller claim to a mandate from the voters.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Democrats' Platform Lacks Details for Course of Action

The 1994 Contract with America included draft legislation for budget, tax, military and social policies. It was a road map for what the new majority wo...

See the full content of this document

---