Word: gingriched
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...House Minority Whip David Bonior (D-Mich.), after Newt Gingrich's re-election yesterday as Speaker of the House...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans delivered a victory present to Newt Gingrich by imposing a January 21 deadline on the Ethics Subcommittee investigation into his fundraising activities. In an unusual Inauguration Day floor battle, Democrats attempted to extend the investigation. They were supported even by the Republican members of the subcommittee, who argued that members could not process the reams testimony and evidence collected on Gingrich in the time allowed. TIME's Tamala Edwards reports that a Republican leadership wanting to put the Gingrich investigation behind them has been helped by the extremely slow pace of the inquiry: "The problem...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Support for Newt Gingrich continued to weaken Monday as House Banking Committee Chairman James Leach said that Gingrich should step down as Speaker. Leach argued that the reputation of the Congress and Republican control of the House "are clearly jeopardized by (Gingrich's) continued stewardship of the House," adding that the GOP has to choose between "rejuvenated leadership or an ethically damaged speaker." His surprise statement came just hours after a weakened Gingrich predicted he would win the Tuesday vote. Even with defections by Leach and New York Representative Michael Forbes, most House Republicans are expected to endorse...
...based less on the trends at the Kennedy School and more on nationwide political shifts. The Republicans held their own conference in 1994 to ideologically mobilize their freshmen representatives in an attempt to ram the Contract with America through Congress in 100 days. Their legislative failure and Newt Gingrich's political freefall have led the GOP to attempt to adopt a more centrist demeanor...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a final push just days before the House votes on whether to re-elect Newt Gingrich as Speaker, the Republican political machine has jumped into action to support its once all-powerful, now flailing leader. As TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty reports, "Virtually everyone of any stature was involved" in the campaign waged to save Newt's job. Even Gingrich himself got on the phone to House Republicans to personally plead for votes, says TIME's Jay Carney. On Friday, Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour lept to Gingrich's side in support, in the form...