Advice for the House Class of 2011 From Their Revolutionary Predecessors in ’95

Advice for the House Class of 2011 From Their Revolutionary Predecessors in ’95

It is one of the most celebrated and historic classes in congressional history — not the one seated Wednesday but the last group of Republicans who took over the House after the 1994 midterms. With 73 GOP freshmen, that class was smaller than this year’s group, which boasts 87 new Republicans elected in November. But members of the historic ’95 class contend their takeover was more significant because it was the first time Republicans had been in control of the House since the Eisenhower administration.
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