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Although the Contract leaves most spending cuts unspecified, it does call for decreased social spending--less money for crime prevention and tutoring programs for youth, and more money for prisons. Newt Gingrich is a fan of orphanages, but evidently not of food programs such as school lunches or breakfast programs...
What the Clintons don't understand as they make nice with the Gingriches is that the offense is not that the First Lady hasn't been gracious enough but that she has presumed too much. As Hillary was inviting Gingrich and Mom to the White House, buttons were spotted on Capitol Hill...
...first time in 40 years, Republicans took control of both chambers of Congress. Pledging to strive for bipartisan cooperation, Newt Gingrich took up the Speaker's gavel and, as promised, immediately plunged the House into a marathon session devoted to enacting sweeping rule changes. Among the many provisions adopted (with Democratic support): committee staff reductions and the elimination of some committees and subcommittees; the opening of more committee meetings to the public and TV; and the imposition of limits on how long a member may serve as Speaker or committee chairman. The Representatives also voted to require a three-fifths...
...Gingrich ascends and institutes reforms, but are they enough...
...York Magazine reported today that former Reagan spinmeister Michael Deaver has been advising Gingrich's staff. The magazine quotes Deaver, who was convicted of perjury in 1987 in connection with an influence-peddling case, as saying he had met with people around Gingrich several times "to strategize...