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...after theRepublicans took charge in both housesof Congress, President Clinton and GOP leaders met to look for ways to cooperate in the coming legislative season. Speaker Newt Gingrich characterized the White House session as "a very, very positive meeting overall" and warned reporters "not to rush off and immediately try to find some way to get a catfight started." For his part, Clinton said he would be glad to sign the first piece of legislation now racing through Congress: one that will force the body to obey the same rules that apply to private businesses. "My job is to work...
...different day," said Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, asNewt Gingrich, the new speaker of the House of Representatives, wielded a large, custom-made walnut gavel to begin the GOP campaign to fulfill the party's "Contract With America" today. In a 43-minute address to the House, Gingrich said he had two over-riding goals: to achieve a balanced budget by 2002 and "to truly replace the current welfare state with an opportunity society." He swore in the new members of the House and began debate on rule changes that would slash committee staffs, abolish three House committees and require...
First Al Gore's parents gave reporters mildly-embarrassing letters he had written to them as a college student. Now, in an interview with CBS anchor Connie Chung, to be aired on "Eye to Eye" Thursday, new House Speaker Newt Gingrich's mother, Kathleen, confides in a whisper that her "Newty" told her that Hillary Rodham Clinton is "a bitch." The Speaker immediately turned the incident into a tussle over journalistic ethics, demanding an apology for Chung's tactics in securing the comment from his mother, who, he noted, was unsophisticated about interview techniques. He may have a point.According...
...Gingrich's more unusual reform plans is to set up abroadcast booth in the speaker's officefor radio talk show hosts. Guess which kind? Clue: more than two-thirds of U.S. radio gabbers lean to the right. Gingrich will also host a monthly breakfast or lunch for favored talk show hosts from around the country, and he guarantees that at least 20 other members of Congress will show up. The motive, he told new GOP lawmakers, is pure soapbox: "We need you on that talk radio. We need you writing letters to the editor when you see some piece...
...very first day ... than they've seen in decades," pledged Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio) today. Most of the initial votes will concern internal congressional procedure, and the action tomorrow is likely to be concentrated in the House. After new members are sworn in, they will elect Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) to the post of Speaker; following that they are expected to embark on a rule-changing binge that may last over 12 hours. As laid out in the GOP's "Contract With America," the changes will include cutting committee staffs by one-third, requiring three-fifths majorities to boost...