McCarthy Rolls Out Commitment to America Agenda
AllSides Summary
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has released details of his "Commitment to America" agenda, and will formally introduce on Friday the policy platform that Republicans will embrace if they take over the House next year. The agenda, inspired by the Republican Party's "Contract with America" in 1994, includes policies intended to combat illegal immigration, reduce inflation, and exclude transgender women from women's sports. McCarthy will be joined by approximately 30 House Republicans at a metal sheet working plant just outside PIttsburgh to lay out the platform under four pillars: "an economy that’s strong, a nation that is safe, a future that is built on freedom, and a government that is accountable.” After the rollout, Republicans then intend to use the "Commitment to America" agenda as a core campaign tool and take the message directly to the voters.
While McCarthy is calling the agenda "a plan to put America back on the right track," critics say the plan is short on specifics, and offers few details about how Republicans would achieve their goals while Democrats control the White House, and possibly continue to control the Senate. Polls show that Democratic party chances in the midterm elections have improved in recent weeks.
The "Commmittment to America" rollout is being covered by sources across the political spectrum.
Featured Coverage of this Story
From the Right
Kevin McCarthy Previews ‘Commitment to America’: Rolling it Out in Washington County, PA, ‘Where the Real Americans Are,’ Not DC
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, the would-be Speaker of the House should the GOP retake the majority as most expect in November’s midterm elections, exclusively previewed the GOP’s forthcoming “Commitment to America” for Breitbart News here in Western Pennsylvania on Thursday evening ahead of the launch on Friday morning.
“We’re going to roll it tomorrow on Friday in Washington—Washington County, not Washington, DC, where the real Americans are,” McCarthy said. “What it is is it is a plan to put America back on the right track. It is a Commitment...
From the Left
McCarthy unveils House GOP’s big ideas, but challenges ahead
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is heading to Pennsylvania on Friday to directly confront President Joe Biden and the party in power, unveiling a midterm election agenda with sweeping Trump-like promises despite the House GOP’s sometimes spotty record of delivering and governing in Congress.
McCarthy, who is poised to seize the speaker’s gavel if Republicans win control of the House in the fall, hopes to replicate the strategy former Speaker Newt Gingrich used to spark voter enthusiasm and sweep House control in a 1994 landslide.
The House GOP’s “Commitment to America” gives a nod to that earlier...
From the Center
U.S. House Republicans unveil agenda ahead of Nov. 8 elections
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives rolled out an agenda on Friday aimed at tackling a range of priorities from inflation and crime to election accountability, which they hope will give them the upper hand against Democrats in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.
The agenda, called the "Commitment to America," claims to show voters how Republicans would address problems they blame on President Joe Biden and the Democrats, should they succeed in winning the House majority.
Elements of the plan, which lawmakers spent months crafting, began to appear online on Thursday....
Discuss & Debate 2022 elections
New York Meet & Greet! – STAR Voting
May 31 at 11am PT / 2pm ET Equal VoteMore News about 2022 Elections from the Left, Center and Right
From the Left
From the Center
From the Right
