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...wasn't the Parting of the Red Sea. It was Newt Gingrich...
...futile attempt to show off his masculinity, Gingrich likened the position of Speaker of the House to a head coach. Previously, he confided to the media, he was more of an aggressive "middle linebacker" for the partisan minority. In Newt's Walter Mitty fantasy, that might just make Bob Dole quarterback. (He just needs to be careful about where he puts 91-year-old senator Strom Thurmond on the field--the man might have a coronary...
...this under the leadership of our esteemed new House speaker, Newt Gingrich...
...impact of his efforts on economic growth, world trade, education and crime but allowed that Americans want "smaller government" and "still don't like what they see when they watch us working here" in Washington. But the president drew the line at pledging cooperation with House Speaker-in-waiting Newt Gingrich's Reaganite Contract with America: "I will do all in my power to keep anyone from jeopardizing our economic record by taking us back to the policies that failed us before."Post your opinion to theWashingtonbulletin board
...Republicans to "show right out of the box that they are different" says TIME's Tumulty. First up, predicts Tumulty, expect nothing less than enactment of an amendment to the Constitutional amendment forcing a balanced budget -- a move which does not require presidential signature. Second, Tumulty says Speaker Newt Gingrich will do what he's promised to do for a long time -- cut each House member's staff by a third.Clinton's personal cause -- healthcare -- is on the back burner for now. "The administration has no choice but to come in with a drastically scaled back plan...