Editing Contract with America (section)

===Major policy changes===
During the first one hundred days of the 104th Congress, the Republicans pledged "to bring to the floor the following [ten] bills, each to be given a full and open debate, each to be given a clear and fair vote, and each to be immediately available for public inspection". The text of the proposed bills was included in the contract, which was released prior to the election. These bills were not governmental operational reforms, as the previous promises were; rather, they represented significant changes to policy. They mainly included a [[balanced budget]] requirement, tax cuts for small businesses, families and seniors, [[term limits]] for legislators, [[Social Security (United States)|social security]] reform, tort reform, and welfare reform.