Sam says the term "Fanboy" which wasn't a term at this time.
In the conversation Bash's mother is having at the party, she makes reference to keeping control of the senate and doing well in the US House elections of 1986. That year, the Republicans lost 8 senate seats and control of the senate. They also lost 5 house seats. It wouldn't be until 1994 that the Republican Party would win control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1954.
The title of this episode refers to Bash's mother, during a Republican fundraiser, talking of the Democrats' control of the House and Senate at the time. This "chokehold" would finally be broken in 1994.
"Nancy's 'Just say no' campaign", mentioned by Bash's mother, is a reference to Nancy Reagan's famous campaign against drugs during the eighties.