Editing Republican Revolution (section)

== Effect ==
When the [[104th United States Congress]] convened in January 1995, House Republicans voted former [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives#Whips|Minority Whip]] [[Newt Gingrich]]—the chief author of the [[Contract with America]]—to become [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]]. The new senatorial Republican majority chose [[Bob Dole]], previously [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Minority Leader]], as [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Majority Leader]]. Republicans pursued an ambitious agenda, but were often forced to compromise with Democratic president [[Bill Clinton]], who wielded [[veto]] power.

The 1994 election also marked the end of the [[conservative coalition]], a bi-partisan coalition of conservative Republicans and Democrats (often referred to as "[[Boll weevil (politics)|boll weevil Democrats]]", for their association with the [[Southern Democrats|South]]). This white conservative coalition had often managed to control Congressional outcomes since the end of the [[New Deal]] era.