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Gingrich attempted to pass a major legislative program, the [[Contract with America]] and made major reforms of the House, notably reducing the tenure of committee chairs to three two-year terms. Many elements of the Contract did not pass Congress, were vetoed by President [[Bill Clinton]], or were substantially altered in negotiations with Clinton. However, after Republicans held control in the [[1996 United States House of Representatives elections|1996 election]], Clinton and the Gingrich-led House agreed on the first balanced federal budget in decades, along with a substantial tax cut.<ref>Balanced Budget: HR 2015, FY 1998 Budget Reconciliation / Spending; Tax Cut: HR 2014, FY 1998 Budget Reconciliation – Revenue</ref> The Republicans held on to the House until [[2006 United States House of Representatives elections|2006]], when the Democrats won control and [[Nancy Pelosi]] was subsequently elected by the House as the first female speaker. The Republicans retook the House in [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections|2011]], with the largest shift of power since the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web | last=Neuman | first=Scott | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130983833 | title=Obama, GOP Grapple With power shift | publisher=NPR | date=November 3, 2010 | access-date=July 2, 2011 | archive-date=June 10, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610220957/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130983833 | url-status=live }}</ref> However, the Democrats retook the house in [[2018 United States House of Representatives election|2019]], which became the largest shift of power to the Democrats since the 1970s. In the [[2022 United States House of Representatives election|2022]] elections, Republicans took back control of the House, winning a slim majority.

==Membership, qualifications, and apportionment==