June 6, 2010 3:24PM 

# A Look at the Contract From America 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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The [Contract From America](http://www.thecontract.org/) is a very interesting political document, seeking to rally people around a set of policies that—unlike the Contract With America from years ago—was generated from the bottom up.

On the Wash​ing​ton​Watch​.com blog, I’ve been [assessing the ten items in the Contract From America](http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2010/06/06/contract-from-america-wrap-up/). The Tea Party movement stands for a lot of ideas in a lot of people’s minds. Here’s a chance to see what substantive policies are important to a large cross-section of this political movement.

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