Newt Gingrich's political career actually started in the 60's, but I am going to spend more time on the events from the late 1980's onwards, because it affects us more. In 1994 on November eighth, there was a gigantic shift of power. For the first time in forty years, there was a Republican controlled Congress. In one year nine million more people voted for the Republicans across the country. Thus putting the first Republican majority in …
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…country. But for the time being and the recent past, the Republican Congress and president Clinton (even though they don't agree) have done a good economical job of running the country. Even though he was thought of as a bomb throwing, antagonistic, egotistical maniac, he did something right, because the country is going very good right now. Copyright 1998 Public Broadcasting Service 1320 Braddock Place Alexandria, VA 22314 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newt/newtchron.html