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...this, why now? For years Wright has been operating in an ethical no- man's-land occupied by many members of Congress: that safe, vast expanse between a simple thanks for services performed and an envelope stuffed with cash. Congressman Newt Gingrich, who led the Republican move against the Speaker, did not include the allegations concerning the Texas savings and loan associations, perhaps because other Congressmen could be open to criticism for similar activity. Gingrich faced embarrassment, anyway, when it was revealed that he kept a $13,000 advance for a book he never wrote...
...expects the fallout from the Speaker's problems to be as serious as that from Meese's, but Gingrich and his colleagues have reduced the value of sleaze as a campaign issue by demonstrating its bipartisan nature. There may be more damage to the tradition of stilted politeness among lawmakers, who call one another "distinguished colleague" no matter what the circumstances. When asked his feelings toward Gingrich after the complaint was filed, Wright, in high Texas dudgeon, said they are similar to those "of a fire hydrant...
...Secretary of State George Shultz grandly staged their own truce negotiations, but that hardly dispels what one Congressman calls a "reservoir of bitterness" against the Speaker. Some of that is normal in the election season, but it seemed to go beyond all bounds last week when Georgia's Newt Gingrich stormed through Florida calling Wright a "genuinely corrupt man" and comparing him to Mussolini. Even given Gingrich's right-wing fervor, that is startling stuff...
...much on taxes. Several critics said the $30.2 billion in estimated savings for fiscal 1988 will hardly make a dent in the deficit for that year, which Congress projects will be $179.9 billion. Senator Bob Packwood, an Oregon Republican, called the budget package a "miserable little pittance." Congressman Newt Gingrich was even more acerbic in his appraisal. "It's a perfect summit deal for Thanksgiving vacation," said the Georgia Republican. "These leaders labored and produced the largest turkey of them...
...used marijuana, including a staggering 64% of those ages 18 to 25. Indeed, two Democratic presidential candidates, Albert Gore and Bruce Babbitt, were prompted to admit that they too had tried pot years ago. Similar confessions came from Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island and conservative Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich of Georgia...