Word: newt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Newt Gingrich b. Victor Morales, Texas Democratic Senate candidate c. Bob Dole d. Elizabeth Dole...
...single most important sentence in Bill Clinton's speech is the one that reads, "Our job is to give people the tools to make the most of their own lives." It helped that while he was trying to give people those tools, Newt Gingrich seemed intent on taking them away. Clinton's theme was pure empowerment. The models are the G.I. Bill, the Homestead Act, land-grant colleges and the mortgage insurance of the 1930s. The risk was that even if these themes were not entirely new to Clinton, they were embedded like tissue in Bob Dole. Kansas...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Newt Gingrich and his special-interest allies aren't just out of touch. They're out of step. They're out of synch. They're out of bounds...
...health care and welfare reform. She's also worked for expanded access to community health centers. Though she gained recognition for being the first G.O.P. woman on the Ways and Means Committee, more recently Johnson has drawn fire as chair of the Ethics Committee, where she's investigating Newt Gingrich's alleged improper use of tax-free funds for a political course...
Losing to Republican incumbent Nancy Johnson in 1994 didn't discourage Koskoff; in fact, she says the defeat taught her what she needs to know to win this time. But that strategy seems to have centered on scrutinizing Johnson's role in the Ethics Committee's investigation of Newt Gingrich. In response to accusations that she's waging a single-issue campaign, Koskoff says she supports increased funding for Head Start and ensuring a community-college education for everyone...