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...atmosphere in Congress had truly turned poisonous in the week since Wright's position crumbled and majority whip Tony Coelho resigned rather than face similar investigations into his advantageous insider acquisition of a $100,000 junk bond. Republican Newt Gingrich of Georgia, who first leveled the charges against Wright, crowed over his victory and declared that at least ten other Democrats were guilty of similar violations...
...spasm of mudslinging was painful and messy, and certainly contained a measure of revenge for the earlier Democratic assaults on such Republicans as John Tower and Ronald Reagan's Attorney General Ed Meese. The atmosphere also suffered from the fact that minority whip Gingrich was leading the ethics charge. Gingrich early on admitted that an investigation of the Speaker was the G.O.P.'s chance to undo three decades of Democratic dominance in Congress...
Moments before House Speaker Jim Wright launched into his resignation speech last week, his nemesis Newt Gingrich was seen merrily whistling through the halls of Congress. When Democrats and then Republicans stood to applaud Wright's denunciation of "mindless cannibalism," Gingrich rose to his feet only grudgingly, hands jammed into his pockets. Afterward, Gingrich, the minority whip and second-ranking Republican in Congress, shunned the crowds of waiting reporters. When he finally did surface, he bristled with his usual attack-dog rhetoric: "Jim Wright is forced out, and he blames the rest of us for his resignation. He has insulted...
Even the House pit bull, minority whip Newt Gingrich, speaks well of him: "He's easier to work with than Wright by a factor of 100. Unlike Wright, he keeps his word." If anything, Foley has a reputation among some House Democrats for being too conciliatory, bringing the Republicans into decisions too often. Even colleagues who admire him feel that Foley can be excessively cautious and prone to weigh every option...
...Marianne Gingrich, whose husband Newt is the House Minority Whip who initiated the Wright inquiry, is herself being scrutinized for her role in promoting Gingrich's book Window of Opportunity. Part book (co-authored by a science fiction writer), part polemic, part tax shelter, Window lost money for its investors, but earned the Gingriches $12,018 in royalties and Mrs. Gingrich $11,500 in salary. When asked about this at a press conference last week, Marianne stomped out in tears...