Word: whip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Within a year of becoming minority whip, Gingrich was already obsessed with the next job, which became clear when President Bush and congressional leaders met to hash out a deal to reduce the deficit by $500 billion over five years. This was the first time Gingrich was invited to sit with the grownups. If his goal had been to perform as a successful whip who rounds up the troops and keeps them in the party line, he would have used all his energy to support the deal Bush, Dole and minority leader Bob Michel worked out. But Gingrich...
...decision was certainly a gamble; he burned the President, the minority leader and many fellow lawmakers who took Gingrich's disloyalty as a sign that he was unfit for leadership. But by refusing to perform his role as whip he laid the foundation for a bigger prize. In one skirmish he had cast himself as a populist, antitax revolutionary and vanquished both the Democrats and the moderate Republicans who stood...
...Ethics Committee. The measure, proposed by Republican Gerald Solomon of New York, is good news for Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose potentially $2 million in royalty checks is now subject to a $20,040 annual cap on outside income. Not everyone was happy with the vote. House Democratic Whip David Bonior, referring to the current government shutdown, said afterward: "Veterans are still waiting for their checks, kids are being denied their Christmas presents, and Congress voted to protect its own interest and to protect the Speaker's interest to make money...
...take manufacturers to court--corporate money probably would have found its way to their side even if the Republicans had done nothing more than leave a night-deposit box on the Capitol steps. But under Gingrich they have been much more aggressive. One of his chief enforcers is majority whip Tom DeLay of Texas, the third-ranking Republican in the House. DeLay is famous around Washington these days for "the book" he keeps in his office. It lists how much each of the 400 largest pacs gave to Republicans over the past two years and how much to Democrats. "Unfriendly...
...special counsel to investigate the financing of a college course Gingrich taught in Georgia. The panel took no action on a number of other charges but sharply reprimanded the Speaker for his controversial book deal and "the impression" it created of "exploiting one's office for personal gain." Democratic whip David Bonior said he would soon file yet another complaint with the panel: that, as alleged by the Federal Election Commission, Gingrich's 1990 re-election was improperly subsidized by the political-action committee GOPAC...