CBS Evening News - 1995-01-03
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[0:02] From Washington,
[0:04] this is the CBS Evening News
[0:08] with Dan Rather and Connie Chung.
[0:11] >> Good evening. Here on Capitol Hill
[0:13] tonight, big change blowing in the wind
[0:15] and power shifting to the right. The new
[0:18] Republican majority is committed to what
[0:20] it calls nothing short of a political
[0:23] revolution starting tomorrow when the
[0:25] 104th Congress convenes. Republicans are
[0:28] promising to make sweeping changes in
[0:30] government, smashing much of what they
[0:33] say Democrats have built since the early
[0:35] 1930s. Chief Washington correspondent
[0:38] Bob Schieffer previews the opening
[0:40] shots.
[0:44] >> It was hugs and kisses and a champagne
[0:47] send-off at the airport as Mr. Gingrich
[0:49] went to Washington. And as he related to
[0:51] his fans, tomorrow will be a humdinger
[0:54] because it's Contract with America time.
[0:57] >> Tomorrow we will have the longest single
[1:00] day in the opening history of the house
[1:02] in all in our 200-year history. We will
[1:04] pass nine reforms tomorrow. But this is
[1:07] a beginning. This is a first step.
[1:09] >> Gingrich never leaves home without his
[1:11] personal laminated copy of the contract
[1:13] and his Senate counterpart seemed to
[1:14] like it as much as he does. First
[1:17] tomorrow,
[1:17] >> but this is a bill to make Congress live
[1:19] under laws like everybody else.
[1:21] >> And before 100 days have passed, a
[1:23] balanced budget amendment and
[1:25] >> we're going to decrease the deficit and
[1:28] provide for tax cuts, both.
[1:31] >> How to pay for it? No cuts in Social
[1:33] Security, but other programs better
[1:35] watch out.
[1:36] >> But the fact is
[1:37] that there are tremendous savings in the
[1:40] entitlement accoun