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Newt Gingrich ethics investigation: 4 facts you haven't heard from him
Recently on the campaign trail, Newt Gingrich has made a number of forceful claims about the 1997 "reprimand" he received from the House Ethics Committee and challenged anyone to "go read the 1,300 pages” of the report. We did. Here’s what we found:
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Newt Gingrich: 8 of the GOP idea man's more unusual ideas
Newt Gingrich is a big ideas guy. Ask anybody. Some of the ideas end up working, while others are a little out there.
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Who's who on Congress's debt 'super committee'
Congress has created a special super committee to find at least $1.2 trillion in US budget cuts. If the plan is voted down, automatic spending cuts are slated to occur. Here are the 12 lawmakers named to the super committee.
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Michele Bachmann, Rand Paul, and 8 others shaking up the new Congress
Because this House freshman class - 96 strong, including 87 Republicans - is the largest since 1992, those who speak for them, or claim to, have a leg up. Here are ten to watch.
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Arizona shooting: Seven times politics turned to threats or violence last year
Saturday's shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) of Arizona wasn't the first time in recent memory that a member of Congress has been targeted for his or her views.
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Is Rick Santorum the new Teflon candidate to whom nothing sticks?
Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are spending millions on ads to attack the surging Rick Santorum. But he's proving to be an elusive target, as social conservatives endorse many of his positions.
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Stephen Colbert is back. Why is Nancy Pelosi appearing on his show?
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is scheduled to be on Stephen Colbert's show Wednesday. Our suspicion is that she and Colbert will engage in a faux feud over super PACs.
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Rick Santorum donor makes weird contraception comment
Foster Friess, a major donor to the Rick Santorum super PAC, suggested that women use aspirin as a contraceptive. Rick Santorum was not amused.
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Payroll tax deal close: Why did Republicans back down? (+video)
Senate Republicans came to a realization on the payroll tax cut fight: We got the policy right but the politics wrong and it’s time to move on. Specifics of the deal are still being hashed out.
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In surprise move, GOP leaders admit defeat in payroll tax battle
House GOP leaders had wanted to offset the cost of a payroll tax extension by spending cuts. But their decision Monday suggests that the political cost of a stalemate was too high.
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Despite complaints, House passes insider-trading ban 417-2
STOCK Act does not include measure that would regulate those who sell 'political intelligence' to Wall Street, upsetting Democrats and some Republicans. Senate insider-trading ban passed last week with the provision.
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Newt Gingrich ethics investigation: 4 facts you haven't heard from him
Recently on the campaign trail, Newt Gingrich has made a number of forceful claims about the 1997 "reprimand" he received from the House Ethics Committee and challenged anyone to "go read the 1,300 pages” of the report. We did. Here’s what we found:
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The most important election of a lifetime? So say Gingrich et al.
As Gingrich faces Romney in Florida, he calls 2012 the 'most important election of our lifetime.' Sometimes he compares its significance to the pre-Civil War era. GOP rivals like Santorum and key Democrats like Pelosi are also gasping about the stakes. Time to catch our breath.
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Why Jerry Brown is standing firm on shaky California high-speed rail plan
Another report critical of California's $100-billion high-speed rail project – the second this month – has not shaken Gov. Jerry Brown's faith in the plan. He has his eyes on his legacy, some say.
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Gabrielle Giffords resigns today with standing ovation
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has resigned from the House, to focus on her recovery, with a standing ovation from her colleagues.
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Gabrielle Giffords to attend State of Union before stepping down (+video)
Gabrielle Giffords will attend President Obama's State of the Union Tuesday before resigning from Congress. Gabrielle Giffords vows to return to work for Arizona after her recovery.
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Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little more than a year ago.
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Court dismisses fears of 'creeping Sharia law' that led to Oklahoma ban (+video)
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction against an Oklahoma referendum banning the use of Islamic Sharia law in courts and said there's no evidence of such influence on US courts.
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Unemployment rate falls to 8.5%; GOP still using jobs as battering ram (+video)
The US economy netted 200,000 new jobs in December, and the unemployment rate fell. Even as Democratic politicians hail the jobs report, Republicans say any number above 8 percent is unacceptable by now.
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Staying positive may have cost Newt Gingrich Iowa. Will he change strategy?
Former front-runner Newt Gingrich has fallen behind going into the Iowa caucuses Tuesday, polls show. The reversal means Gingrich might change course in the days ahead.
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In payroll tax battle, GOP shows cracks under Democratic pressure
Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Republicans over their refusal to pass a payroll tax deal – and some Senate Republicans are not rushing to their colleagues' aid.
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With payroll-tax cut, House GOP aims to force senators back to Capitol
The House will vote Tuesday on requiring senators, who have left for the holidays, to negotiate differences in legislation to extend the payroll-tax cut and other measures set to expire on Jan. 1.
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The Vote
Payroll tax cut in danger: Would Nancy Pelosi have gotten it passed?
Payroll tax cut advocates had hoped a Senate deal Saturday would keep the Social Security payroll tax cut in effect for 2012. But the House, under Speaker John Boehner, it set to reject the deal.
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As government shutdown looms, lawmakers squabbling over policy, not pork
Time was, an 11th-hour omnibus spending bill to avoid a government shutdown was an invitation for members of Congress to push through pork projects. This year the tussle is over policy riders.
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Newt Gingrich: 8 of the GOP idea man's more unusual ideas
Newt Gingrich is a big ideas guy. Ask anybody. Some of the ideas end up working, while others are a little out there.
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Romney changes strategy after poll shows campaign flagging
Republicans aren't buying Romney's chief argument: that his private-sector, outside-Washington background makes him a better candidate than does Gingrich's three decades in the capital. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, also has been unable to persuade Republicans he's more conservative than Gingrich.
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The Vote
Mitt Romney vs. Newt Gingrich: making 'moderate' a dirty word
Moderation is no virtue, at least when it comes to the brewing battle between Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich over who is more deserving of the label conservative.
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Time for Mitt Romney to take on Newt Gingrich?
With Newt Gingrich passing Mitt Romney in the polls, some politicos say the affable Romney must ramp up attacks on Gingrich. But others say that could ruin Romney's brand.
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Why Newt Gingrich is likely to win Iowa
Newt Gingrich doesn't have a big campaign staff or lots of money. But Newt Gingrich has got several things going for him in Iowa, notes DCDecoder.
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The Vote
Is Newt Gingrich the GOP candidate Obama prefers to face?
Right now, MItt Romney is the only GOP candidate that beats President Obama in a head-to-head matchup, most polls show. But Newt Gingrich is gaining momentum, to some Democrats' delight.
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