Topic: Newt Gingrich
Quotes
I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. I don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate
Economic Outlook: Bruising Medicare May 17, 2011
I think he has to sign a bill, because I don't think you can add an Obama default to an Obama depression and have any hope of running for re-election
Gingrich: Obama, Clinton not alike at all Jul 26, 2011
I mean if Democrats introduce a good idea, pass it, because it starts to create a new rhythm
Deficit reduction: Common cents or common sense? Aug 21, 2011
I think it is a big plan that needs to be worked through with the American people
Gingrich urges prudence on Medicare reform May 22, 2011
There's no comparison between Obama and [former President Bill] Clinton. Obama's a very rigid, ideologically driven elitist. Clinton was a very practical, Arkansas, everyday politician who had worked very hard to move his party to the center
Gingrich: Obama, Clinton not alike at all Jul 26, 2011
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GOP debate at the Reagan Library Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich ( /ˈnuːt ˈɡɪŋɡrɪtʃ/; born Newton Leroy McPherson; June 17, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican member from 1979 to 1999.
Gingrich was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but raised in Hummelstown, a small nearby borough. A college professor, historian, and author, Gingrich twice ran unsuccessfully for the House before winning a seat in the election of November 1978. He was re-elected ten times, and his activism as a member of the House's Republican minority eventually enabled him to succeed Dick Cheney as House Minority Whip in 1989.
As a co-author of the 1994 Contract with America, Gingrich was in the forefront of the Republican Party's dramatic success in that year's Congressional elections and subsequently was elected Speaker of the House. In 1995, Time magazine named him "Man of the Year" for his role in leading the Republican Revolution in the House, ending 40 years of the Democratic Party being in the majority. During his tenure as Speaker, he represented the public face of the Republican opposition to President Bill Clinton. Under his Speakership, Congress passed and Clinton signed the 1996 reform of welfare, a capital gains tax cut and the first balanced budget since 1969.
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