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...built a career on playing fat, loud, accident-prone losers. But NEWT GINGRICH wasn't insulted when the Saturday Night Live comic (and co-star of the new film Tommy Boy) turned up at a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee acting just like him. Farley first took a swipe at the Speaker's penchant for handing out reading lists, offering up one that included a children's book as well as novels by Danielle Steel and Jackie Collins. Imitating Gingrich's rapid-fire delivery, Farley then pushed through bills declaring all Democrats officially weird and moving the nation...
...impetus for the policy stemmed from a number of sources, according to Jewett. Probably the most obvious is the ID-card swipe system...
Republican presidential contender Lamar Alexander took a swipe at front-runner Dole's leadership skills today, criticizing the Senate's failure to pass the amendment on schedule. TIME'S Tumulty says such jabs could be damaging for Dole, who is basing his campaign on his leadership abilities...
...guest meal option, which was announced in a mailing this week, allows students to swipe their student ID cards to pay for their guests' meals. Meal prices are currently $5 for breakfast, $7 for lunch and $9 for dinner...
...COMMONSENSE OUTRAGE: To swipe at oppressive government regulations, Gingrich produced a first-aid heart pump. "What I want the American people to understand," he said, is that this pump that was "invented in Denmark increases by 54% the number of people with CPR who get to the hospital with a chance to recover. The Food and Drug Administration makes illegal ((a product)) that minimizes brain damage, increases the speed of recovery and saves money." Using this pump is just "common sense," Gingrich insisted, implying that the FDA's intransigence costs lives...