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Conservative Opportunity Society: American conservative group in the U.S. House of Representatives, formed in 1983 by Newt Gingrich, Vin Weber and Bob Walker, which produced the 1994 Contract with America [e]
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Parent topics
- American conservatism [r]: A diverse mix of political ideologies that share support for market economics, some view of American exceptionalism and, generally, decentralization of government; differing views of individual liberties versus enforcement of morality; in opposition to liberalism, socialism and communism; factions include libertarianism, social conservatism, nativism (politics) and neoconservatism [e]
- Newt Gingrich [r]: Former Republican Speaker of the House; cofounder of the Conservative Opportunity Society and led the Contract with America platform statement; historian; board of advisers, American Foreign Policy Council; Guiding Coalition, Project for National Security Reform [e]
- Vin Weber [r]: CEO and Managing Partner of Clark & Weinstock, a strategy and lobbying firm; senior fellow, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota; chair, National Endowment for Democracy; board, Council on Foreign Relations and Aspen Institute; former Republican Member of Congress and cofounder of the Conservative Opportunity Society with Newt Gingrich [e]
- Bob Walker [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Pennsylvania) between 1976 and 1997; cofounder of the Conservative Opportunity Society [e]
- Restructuring of the U.S. political right [r]: A broad category of efforts to regain U.S. political dominance by various combinations of social, fiscal, and national security ideologies, generally seen as of the Right and possibly Republican Party (United States), as opposed to the center-left position of the Barack Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress [e]
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Current members
- Steve King [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Iowa), House Committee on Agriculture; House Committee on Small Business; House Committee on the Judiciary; Republican Study Committee; Conservative Opportunity Society [e]
- Michele Bachmann [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Minnesota), House Financial Services Committee; Republican Study Committee; 100% American Conservative Union rating, 2008; active in Tea Party Movement [e]
- Dave Camp [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Michigan); Ranking Minority Member, House Committee on Ways and Means; Congressional Native American Caucus; 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform; Republican Study Committee [e]
- Phil Gingrey [r]: Add brief definition or description
Issues
- Same-sex marriage [r]: Marriage between two men, or two women [e]
- School prayer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Balanced Budget Amendment [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Project for the New American Century [r]: neoconservative think tank and interest group, formed, in its words, to promote the foreign policy principles of the Reagan Administration: "a military that is strong and ready to meet both present and future challenges; a foreign policy that boldly and purposefully promotes American principles abroad; and national leadership that accepts the United States' global responsibilities;" actively supported regime change and preventive war in the Middle East [e]
- Republican Study Committee [r]: Largest conservative Republican caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives [e]
- Tea Party Movement [r]: Add brief definition or description