众议院共和党人周二公布了他们的选举10年议程，立法者希望这个平台能帮助共和党人前进更接近重拍至少17个席位，并在11月颠覆众议院。
“对美国的承诺”议程围绕着三个与经济相关的主题冠状病毒应对措施，以及“美国梦”，税收减免和警察拨款被视为议程的重要组成部分。
“共和党人帮助建立了一代人以来最伟大的经济，美国的生活方式蒸蒸日上，”众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡周二在国会大厦台阶上站在几十名共和党议员旁边时说。
2020年9月15日，华盛顿，众议院少数党领袖共和党人凯文·麦卡锡在众议院东线台阶上与共和党众议员举行的活动上发言。
“我们会再做一次，”他说。
该平台唤起了共和党前领导人的类似项目，如纽特·金里奇的《与美国的合同》和2010年为共和党人的《对美国的承诺》，他们在1994年和2010年帮助共和党人推翻了众议院。
但与那些旨在与控制众议院和白宫的民主党人形成鲜明对比的计划不同，这一新的努力也类似于议长保罗·瑞安(Paul Ryan)2016年的“更好的方式”(Better Way)议程。该议程试图在一个广泛的治理蓝图下团结共和党人，因为他们试图将自己的议程与唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统的非常规提议和两极分化的竞选活动相协调。
2020年9月15日，众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡和其他众议院共和党人一起在众议院东台阶上介绍他们提出的立法议程，称为“对美国的承诺”。
在他们的提议中，共和党人承诺将冠状病毒检测增加两倍，促进新冠肺炎疫苗和疗法的发展，并在减少经济对中国依赖的同时支撑国家库存和供应链。
他们的计划还誓言保护原有的条件，这是会议和特朗普政府在努力废除和废除奥巴马医改的过程中一直反对的，但没有包括具体的替代方案。
在新闻发布会上，麦卡锡和其他共和党领导人指责众议院民主党人破坏执法，助长今年全国各城市的骚乱，将前副总统兼民主党总统候选人乔·拜登(Joe Biden)基本温和的大选活动与民主党的进步派呼吁解散警察联系在一起。
共和党众议员利兹·切尼说:“每天你都会看到民主党政策的损害。”
2020年9月15日，众议院共和党人聚集在众议院东台阶上，介绍他们提出的立法议程，称为“对美国的承诺”。
共和党人还承诺保护社会保障(Social Security)、医疗保险(Medicare)和减少国债——忽略特朗普治下的支出增长，以及他推动的工资税削减，如果永久化，这可能会影响社会保障的资金来源。
共和党的纲领承诺增加对警察部门的资助，但没有提到解决种族不平等的具体建议，而此时美国正与系统性种族主义作斗争。它支持共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特(Tim Scott)的警务计划，该计划在参议院缺乏两党支持，还支持机会区(Opportunity Zones)，这是一项鼓励低收入社区发展的联邦计划，是共和党2017年税法的一部分。
共和党的公布正值众议院民主党人誓言再次努力通过另一轮冠状病毒缓解，而与参议院和政府的谈判仍处于停顿状态。众议院议长南希·佩洛西说，她计划在立法通过之前让众议院继续开会。
Republicans unveil agenda aimed at winning back the House in November
House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled theirelection-year agenda, a platform lawmakers hope will help Republicans movecloser to retakingat least 17 seats and flipping the House in November.
The "Commitment to America" agenda revolves around three themes pertaining to the economy, thecoronavirusresponse, and the "American Dream," with priorities of tax breaks and police funding seen as a crucial part of the agenda.
"Republicans helped build the greatest economy in a generation and the American way of life was thriving," House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday while standing next to dozens of GOP lawmakers on the steps of the Capitol.
House Minority Leader Republican Kevin McCarthy speaks at an event with Republican Representatives, at the East Front steps of the House of Representatives, in Washington, Sept. 15, 2020.
"We will do it again," he said.
The platform evokes similar projects from previous GOP leaders -- such as Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" and the 2010 "Pledge to America" for Republicans who helped them flip the chamber in 1994 and 2010.
But unlike those plans, which were meant to sharpen contrasts with Democrats who controlled the House and White House -- this new effort also resembles Speaker Paul Ryan's "Better Way" agenda in 2016, which sought to unite Republicans under a broad governing blueprint as they tried reconciling their agenda with President Donald Trump's unconventional proposals and polarizing campaign.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is joined by fellow House Republicans while introducing their proposed legislative agenda, called the "Commitment to America," on the East Steps of the House of Representatives Sept. 15, 2020.
In their proposal, Republicans pledge to triple coronavirus testing, facilitate the development of vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19, and shore up the national stockpile and supply chain while reducing the economy's dependence on China.
Their plan also vows to protect pre-existing conditions, something the conference and the Trump administration have opposed throughout their efforts to dismantle and repeal Obamacare, without including a specific alternative.
During the press conference, McCarthy and other GOP leaders accused House Democrats of undermining law enforcement and facilitating riots in cities across the country this year, tying former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's largely moderate general election campaign to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party calling for the defunding of police.
"Every day you see the damage of Democrat policies," said Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
House Republicans gather on the East Steps of the House of Representatives to introduce their proposed legislative agenda, called the "Commitment to America," at the Capitol Sept. 15, 2020.
Republicans also pledged to protect Social Security, Medicare and reduce the national debt -- ignoring spending increases under Trump, and his push for a payroll tax cut that could impact a funding stream for Social Security if made permanent.
The Republicans' platform pledges to boost funding for police departments but makes no mention of specific proposals to address racial inequality, at a moment when the nation is grappling with systemic racism. It endorses GOP Sen. Tim Scott's policing plan, which lacked bipartisan support in the Senate and also endorses Opportunity Zones, the federal program to encourage development in low-income communities that was a piece of the GOP's 2017 tax law.
The Republicans' unveiling comes as House Democrats are vowing to try again to pass another round of coronavirus relief while negotiations with the Senate and the administration remain at a standstill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she plans to keep the House in session until legislation is passed.
