Word: newt
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...Republican revolution is over. Speaker Newt Gingrich, the confrontational rebel who engineered the GOP's 1994 takeover of the House after more than four decades of Democratic dominance, announced Friday that he would resign from the Congress, just three days after midterm elections which reduced the Republican advantage to a thin 11-vote margin...
...sixth year in a row, Newt still has bravura...
...seen as a creation myth anda rallying point of the queer fight for civilrights. We must, however, never forget theimportance of the history that broke the groundfor the organization of the 1970s. Warning ofdangers to gay civil rights--in the last twentyyears influential Republicans like PatrickBuchanan, Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich havespoken against homosexuality--the authors manageto convey the importance of the organizationalstructure established through the efforts of thepre-Stonewall activists and which became empoweredby the riots...
WASHINGTON: The anti-Newt rumbling on the Hill is getting louder. Two days after the election in which they ended up down by five seats, House Republicans have found a scapegoat in Speaker Gingrich - not to mention most of their leadership. While the situation is extremely fluid, one proposed slate of candidates is slowly gaining currency: Bob Livingston for Speaker, replacing Newt; Steve Largent for majority leader, ousting Dick Armey; and Jennifer Dunn for conference chair, knocking John Boehner aside. Tom DeLay, the party whip, would keep his job. Livingston, currently the Appropriations committee chair, is hardly anyone's idea...
...current leaders are checking their odor with members by phone; would-be replacements are testing the waters for a challenge. But the key issue in the upcoming leadership elections -- due November 18 -- is not whether Newt can garner a majority among Republicans, but whether he could win all the Republican votes when the speakership comes to a floor vote in January. The last time, around six Republicans deserted Gingrich. If there are more than six GOP turncoats this time round, the Speaker will have to step down. Right now, however, it is unclear whether Livingston or anyone else will have...