Pledge to America

The Pledge to America is a list of proposed legislative items that the Republican Party promised to pursue in the 112th Congress if Republicans gained a majority of the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in the November 2010 election. The Pledge to America was written by Rep. Kevin McCarthy's staffer Brian Wild at the behest of House Republican leaders. The Pledge to America was publicly released on September 23, 2010, at a hardware store in Sterling, Virginia.

The pledge criticized the Obama administration, stating that "An arrogant and out-of-touch government of self-appointed elites makes decisions, issues mandates, and enacts laws without accepting or requesting the input of the many". It lists a number of issues, along with the Republican plan to solve them.

In the pledge, Republicans call for:

The pledge has generally received support from Republicans.National Review called it bolder than the Contract with America and a "shrewd political document." Political strategist and former President George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove called it "important" and "practical." Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh defended the Pledge to America, arguing, "There's nothing crazy about any of this."

Some conservative commentators, however, were critical. Erick Erickson, managing editor of Redstate.com called it "perhaps the most ridiculous thing to come out of Washington since George McClellan." Republican-affiliated columnist David Frum interpreted the document as "a GOP pledge to do nothing." Some social conservatives, such as Family Research Council president Tony Perkins and Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission president Richard Land, believed the document could have made a stronger commitment to moral issues.

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