Following the 1994 midterm election republicans in congress

believed the American people wanted them to make changes.

Explanation:

The midterm election of 1994 was the first the republican party took unified control of Congress for the first time in a long time. (The last time they get it was in 1952.) They won 104 congress seats after promoting the legislations that were opposed by the Democrats such as Telecommunications Act and the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act.

This win create a new perception within the republican party.

They believed that American people were quietly dissatisfied by the leadership of Bill Clinton from the Democratic party. They showed this dissatisfaction by electing a lot of Republican candidates to make changes that opposed Bill Clinton's policies.