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...when the characters of "Sesame Street" find themselves out on the street holding pink slips. Unfortunately, that may happen if Newt Gingrich succeeds in his efforts to halt Congressional funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting...
These and other innovations come to us through the recently signed "Contract With Harvard." Evidently, Newt Gingrich's goons got to acting President Carnesale before anyone in Massachusetts Hall could say "Save us, Rudy...
...Osborne is God, who is Newt Gingrich...
...grueling 14-hour opening day that ended after midnight, House Speaker Newt Gingrich rammed through a series of changes designed to overhaul how the lower chamber does business. Highlights: committee staffs were slashed by a third; a cap of eight years was established on the term of any speaker (committee chairs will be limited to six years); a requirement for a three-fifths vote to raise income tax rates was passed and legislation to make Congress obey anti-discrimination and other laws was given an enthusiastic thumbs up. The chamber also voted 431-0 to keep all committee meetings open...
...political drag-race is shaping up on the Info Highway. House Speaker Newt Gingrich today unveiled a system called "Thomas" (for Thomas Jefferson), which will provide online denizens easy access to congressional legislation. The system already has full texts of bills from the last Congress; by the end of the month, the Library of Congress will start to upload all new bills. The announcement by Gingrich follows President Clinton and Veep Al Gore's recent unveiling of aWhite House "web site"that provides access to information from many federal agencies. SaysTIME Science writer Philip Elmer-DeWitt"Al Gore and Clinton...