What was one of the aims of the contract with america?

to reduce the united states' reliance on foreign oil

to reduce the impact of money on political campaigns

to reduce poverty and expand economic opportunities

to reduce federal spending on social welfare programs

One of the aims of the Contract with America was to reduce poverty and expand economic opportunities.

The Contract with America was a document drafted by the Republican Party in occasion of the 1994 Congress elections. This contract included promises of actions that the Republican majority in the Chamber would implement within the first hundred days of the legislature if they were elected, relying on the fears of the average citizen, such as poverty and unemployment, among others. The contract seems to have worked, as the Republicans actually earned the majority of seats in the House of Representatives, but the commitments have not been fully respected.

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.