Word: newt
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...EDUCATION: Jamestown College, B.A., 1963; U of North Dakota, M.A., 1964; U of Oklahoma, Ph.D., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Susan Byrd; five children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Economist, professor POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1984- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 85, Lewisville 75067. Tel.: 214-416-4907 Like House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Armey is a professor who started as a political outsider and finds himself at the center of the inside--House Majority Leader. Armey was one of the architects of the Contract with America and embodies the conservatism that brought about the Republican revolution: he's for free markets and flat taxes...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I'm pro-choice, and I ain't Newt Gingrich...
...Landrith hopes to do better against Virginia state Senator Virgil Goode. The conservative Landrith, who wants to cut the deficit by cutting social programs like the National Endowment for the Arts rather than by raising taxes, is getting his message out with the help of Steve Forbes and Newt Gingrich, who have made appearances on his behalf...
...member of the Standards of Official Conduct Committee, McDermott was a leader of the House investigation into the propriety of Newt Gingrich's multimillion-dollar book deal. One of the most liberal Representatives, he voted against this summer's welfare-reform bill and last year offered a Democratic alternative to the G.O.P.'s proposal to reduce planned Medicare spending by $270 billion. In liberal Seattle, he remains a favorite to repeat...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "The only thing I have in common with Newt Gingrich is my haircut...