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...However, I agree that jumping George in public may not be all that great an idea. Of course, this could be cool, but otherwise wait to get home. If you're having trouble controlling your urges there are ways to lose the mood. Try thinking about dead puppies. Or Newt Gingrich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norma Knows | 3/9/1995 | See Source »

...after his lesbian half-sister Candace visited Capitol Hill to lobby for gay rights, House Speaker Newt Gingrich said workers who are fired because they are homosexual should have no right to sue in federal court. During his daily press conference, the Speaker applied a sort of "don't ask, don't tell" principle to the issue, saying that while employers shouldn't ask, employees should have no recourse. The head of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, a gay and lesbian political group represented by Candace Gingrich, speculated that the Speaker is "under pressure from extremists" to make such comments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GINGRICH SAYS IT SHOULD BE LEGAL TO FIRE GAYS | 3/7/1995 | See Source »

...claim that it will save $6.7 billion over five years by reducing administrative costs. The states, they add, will be better able to ensure that the food goes only to those who qualify. "The argument is not over whether you should have a school-lunch program," said House Speaker Newt Gingrich. "It's whether you trust the states to have a school-lunch program, or you think the only agency worthy of trust in America is Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TO BE LEANER OR MEANER ? | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

House Speaker Newt Gingrich today predicted that the move for a "flat tax" or "consumption tax" that would replace the progressive federal income tax will be a major campaign issue in the 1996 presidential race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEDGE ISSUE ALERT | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

Next, we saw the council decide to distribute block grants to the Houses instead of having them apply through the council's finance committee. Do the words "New Federalism" ring any tinkly little bells? Diverting power to the states is nothing new, if you're Newt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTBOARD | 3/4/1995 | See Source »

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