Word: newt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that the man they chose over him was organizing his office around staplers and postage stamps. But a lot had happened since 1992: the Republicans in Congress showed a nasty streak about Medicare and Medicaid that most people wanted no part of; Gingrich had ceased to be amusing as Newt the Menace, and was now seen as the Bad Seed; and the voters, who had not encountered a vision since Ronald Reagan, did not think one was necessary or desirable...
WINNING THE NEWT PRIMARY...
...week, Republican Senator Dan Coats of Indiana phoned to work with Bennett on a bill that would expand tax incentives for contributions to charities that benefit the poor, while Democratic Senators Sam Nunn of Georgia and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut volunteered to help with the crusade against trashy entertainment. Newt Gingrich scheduled a meeting with Bennett, and Rush Limbaugh phoned for an interview. The mail arrived in several cartons and contained, along with a dozen speaking invitations and Bennett's bulging brokerage statements, a photo of Bennett chatting with Clinton at a private party, which Clinton had inscribed, "Bill...
...NEWT GINGRICH First a House ethics probe, now an IRS audit of his tax-favored college lecture class...
Last Wednesday, Speaker Newt Gingrich announced that he was giving up on passing the "crown jewel of the Contract with America"--tax cuts--before Congress recesses in October. Indeed, the Congress has given up on doing much of anything before the election, except for one piece of business--the Defense of Marriage bill, a pre-emptive strike at the possibility that a Hawaiian court may recognize unions between homosexuals. It's not immediately apparent why this bill should jump the queue ahead of the potential bankruptcy of Medicare and bills to keep the government running. The Hawaiian courts will...