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...Reagan urging him to speak out more forcefully against apartheid. They complained that the State Department had failed to attack "the evils of apartheid and the violations of human rights in a straightforward, understandable manner." In addition, 35 conservative Congressmen, including such New Right Turks as Georgia Republican Newt Gingrich, invited South African Ambassador Bernardus Fourie to Capitol Hill and gave him a letter threatening to support economic sanctions against South Africa unless there is "a demonstrated sense of urgency about ending apartheid." South Africa, they warned, cannot count on "benign neglect" by American conservatives of its racial policies...
...attacks on supply-side economics and staunchly defends such traditionally liberal measures as the food stamp program and the Voting Rights Act. His eclectic stands have made him a target of the so-called young Turks, a highly vocal group of right-wing Republicans in the House. Charges Newt Gingrich of Georgia, a member of the group: "Dole is the tax collector for the welfare state." Responds Dole: "If you are in the minority, you can put out a lot of newsletters and say, 'I'm for lower taxes.' We have a little different view...
...International Development in Washington in 1981. Rich, well bred and painstakingly polite, Du Pont hopes to coast in on the President's popularity in the conservative state. She has been coached on tax cuts and the balanced-budget amendment by G.O.P. Supply-Siders Jack Kemp and Newt Gingrich...
...National Urban League convention in July, said last week: "We cannot move our party ahead by leaving anyone on the sidelines. That requires reaching out to labor, reaching out to minorities, particularly blacks." Not coincidentally, the leading young Turks, New York's Kemp and Georgia's Gingrich, come from historically Democratic districts...
...House members such as Kemp, Trent Lott and Newt Gingrich] controlled the platform but do not control anything in Congress. Unfortunately, they are a minority in the House. We have a little different view in the Senate because we are in the majority. We have to be totally responsible from time to time. Now, if you are in the minority, that is when you can put out a lot of newsletters and say "I'm for lower taxes" and "I'm not going to worry about spending or the deficit" and "We're going to bash Paul...