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Schall's study group will examine House Speaker Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America." Schall said he will be tracking the progress of legislative changes during the Republican Congress's first 100 days...
...wage would fall to a 40-year low next year. To counter this, Clinton proposed two hikes of 45 cents each over the current level of $4.25 an hour. But even as he released the plan, the Administration braced for what will surely be a bloody battle. House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- a former economics professor -- said bluntly, "I personally am very skeptical about it and think it will destroy jobs, especially for minority teenagers." House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas has said he would like to abolish the minimum wage altogether. "The White House is looking to appeal...
Twice last year House Speaker Newt Gingrich tried to interfere with the federal regulatory process on behalf of pharmaceutical companies that contributed to the Progress and Freedom Foundation, the Associated Press reports. The foundation has close ties to Gingrich, supporting a televised college course he teaches. Last September, Gingrich wrote White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, insisting that FDA should give prompt approval to a home AIDS test made by Direct Access Diagnostics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Both Direct Access Diagnostics and Johnson & Johnson are listed as contributors to the foundation. The amounts or dates of the contributions...
Despite new flak in Congress for bypassing that body in fashioning his $20 billion Mexican rescue plan, President Clinton drew plaudits from U.S. and international investors. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and a few senior Democrats defended the president's move, but some members, such as Rep. Robert Menendez, (D-N.J), complained that Congress had been "shut out." Hard-right Republicans, meanwhile, are calling for an investigation of the Administration's role in Mexico's Dec. 20 decision to devalue the peso. Nonetheless, business leaders almost unanimously praised Clinton's move: International investors said the plan had likely staved...
...local governments today, in a bipartisan 360-74 vote. The Senate approved its version of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, 86-10, last Friday. President Clinton has voiced support for the bill, and is expected to sign it into law. Today's vote puts a second check mark in Newt Gingrich's little book, next to last week's balanced budget amendment victory...