The politics of disgruntlement: Newt Gingrich claims a victory, but his battle is far from over

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House Speaker Newt Gingrich celebrated the completion of his Contract with America legislative agenda with a bevy of circus elephants, but Gingrich must now confront his party's less popular social agenda. Gingrich markets himself as a forward-looking thinker, but his ideology is tied to the 1950s.

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Newt's agenda

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The Congressional Republicans' Contract with America-derived legislative agenda has been voted upon, but the bills pertaining to term limits and a proposed balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution have failed. An update on the status of ten Contract with America provisions is provided.

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Man of the House

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Georgia Republican Newton Leroy Gingrich, who became Speaker of the House in Jan 1995, hopes to revolutionize the American political scene by implementing his right-wing reform agenda. Excerpts from several of Gingrich's speeches, interviews, and writings are presented.

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