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...uplifting; it largely amounted to a mingy, mean spirited vindictiveness, a searching for scapegoats. Many interpreted the Republican sweep in the November elections as a sign that voters were as mad as hell and ready for old-fashioned verities. That seemed to be the view of incoming House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who called for a constitutional amendment allowing voluntary school prayer in public schools. He also suggested it might be a good idea to fill orphanages with the children of welfare mothers...
Incoming House Speaker Newt Gingrich will "reluctantly" take advice to be shuttled around town in a government vehicle, after Capitol police sources reported death threats against him since Republicans took control of Congress Nov. 8. Gary Abrecht, the federal police department's chief, wrote Gingrich Dec. 19, urging him "in the strongest terms" to always use a secure vehicle driven by trained security personnel. A Gingrich spokesman today denied a New York Daily News report that his boss would ride in an armored car, but said he would accept a vehicle like a minivan, "the sort of car that shuttles...
...elected Speaker Newt...
...POLITICAL INTEREST: Newt's Believe...
Chanting "Newt, Newt," Republicans, as expected, formally ratified Newt Gingrich as their choice for Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Administration's welcome, however, was less than warm, thanks to Gingrich's assertion that one-quarter of the White House staff had used illicit drugs in recent years. Chief of staff Leon Panetta denounced the accusation as "absolutely false" and chastised the accuser: "He's not just an out-of- control radio talk-show host. He's Speaker of the House of Representatives, and he's got to learn to behave as the Speaker of the House of Representatives...