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...momentum in Washington. That can't last. Rising G.O.P. star Christine Whitman of New Jersey, up for re-election in 1997, could be the first to face the consequences. She says she supports the block-grant approach "philosophically" but wants "a glide path that's doable," not the downshift Gingrich has in store, which would take New Jersey from 10% growth to 2% in just 11 months...
LAST WEDNESDAY WAS A BIG night for House Speaker Newt Gingrich. About 75 supporters were gathered at the Washington mansion of auto dealer Mandell Ourisman and his wife Mary, a former official of GOPAC, the political-action committee Gingrich headed until last May. The occasion was a fund raiser for his newest PAC, called Monday Morning. For a couple of pleasant hours the guests picked at their beef tenderloin, admired the Ourismans' baby grand piano and chatted up the most powerful man in Congress. At $1,000 a couple, the posh event yielded more than $30,000 in campaign money...
...night for one other reason. Earlier Gingrich had got word that the House ethics committee had made a crucial decision. After months of wrangling on a list of complaints brought against him by Democrats, the 10-member panel, which is evenly divided between the two parties, had settled on a good news/bad news outcome. By a unanimous vote, it cleared Gingrich of three charges and slapped his wrist on three others. And of the $4.5 million advance for his recent book that he accepted, then declined, from the publishing company owned by Rupert Murdoch, a media magnate with magnate-style...
What mattered, however, was the committee's decision to appoint an outside counsel to investigate whether Gingrich improperly used tax-deductible donations to fund the videotaped college course Renewing American Civilization, that he taught until earlier this year. The crowd at the Wednesday fund raiser applauded loudly when Gingrich told them the six charges had finally been resolved. As for the seventh, he said, it was a "technical'' matter. That line was echoed the next day by other members of the G.O.P. leadership. House Republican Conference chairman John Boehner of Ohio faxed around a 1994 letter by a former...
...privilege between the President and his attorneys. It's also a wise tactic politically since complying with it will delay the investigation." But Senator Al D'Amato, the committee chairman, clearly preferred a court fight: "It's good politics to keep this issue churning, especially given Newt Gingrich's recent problems...