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Newt Gingrich on Abortion

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Stop forcing pro-choice morality on religious organizations. (Jun 2011) Immediately cease public funding for abortion providers. (Jun 2011) Impeach judges who dont abide by Constitution as written. (Oct 2005) Most Americans are pro-choice and anti-abortion. (Jun 1995)

Newt Gingrich on Budget & Economy

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Don't bail out Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae; break them up. (Dec 2011) Dodd-Frank kills small business & small banks. (Nov 2011) Only leadership can balance the budget. (Sep 2011) Modernizing government would save $500B per year in waste. (Sep 2011) No sequel to failed stimulus & job-killing policies. (Sep 2011) The Fed's secrecy & power are antithetical to a free society. (Sep 2011) Put people back to work to raise revenues without taxes. (Sep 2011) The Super-committee is as dumb an idea as I've ever heard. (Aug 2011) It's a scandal that the Federal Reserve is secret. (Aug 2011) Federal government pays at least $150B a year to crooks. (Jul 2011) Insure banks rather than pass out checks. (Apr 2010) 1995-97: Pushed for (and got) capital gains tax cut. (Apr 2010) Bailout combines bad policy with worst of Detroit's decay. (Jul 2009) 1995 budget: cut taxes, regulations, & spending. (Aug 2008) Negotiated 1998 budget: first one balanced since 1969. (Jun 2004) Focus on customers; use employee knowledge. (Jul 1995) Achieve balanced budget by 2002. (Jan 1995) Demand a Balanced Budget amendment. (Jul 2010) Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate. (Jul 2010) Supports balanced budget amendment & line item veto. (Sep 1994)

Newt Gingrich on Civil Rights

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Loyalty test for everyone, not just for Muslims. (Aug 2011)

I helped author DOMA; if it fails, amend Constitution. (Jun 2011) Army & Marines wanted Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell. (Jun 2011) Stop forcing same-sex marriage on religious organizations. (Jun 2011) Helped oust Iowa justices who approved same-sex marriage. (May 2011) ACLU lawsuits designed to drain resources of Boy Scouts. (Feb 2008) Five justices banned school prayer against American majority. (Dec 2006) Foreign opinion has no relevance to US same-sex marriage. (Oct 2005) Discontinue affirmative action programs. (Nov 1998) ACLU has become eccentric and destructive. (Jul 1998) NEA includes most bizarre & extreme misuse of tax funds. (Jul 1998) 1968: Led college protest over suppressing racy newspaper. (Jun 1995) America is multi-ethnic but not multi-cultural. (Jun 1995) Affirmative action OK individually, but not by group. (Jun 1995) Half-sister, a lesbian lobbyist: "Newt promotes tolerance". (Jun 1995)

Newt Gingrich on Corporations

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Businesses focus on customers; apply LEAN Sigma Six to gov't. (Nov 2011) 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act drives IPOs out of the US. (Dec 2007) Bureaucracy & litigation are enemies of entrepreneurship. (Jun 1995)

Newt Gingrich on Crime

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Supports Prison Fellowship InnerChange Freedom Initiative. (Dec 2007) 3-strike laws are constitutional; enforce courts compliance. (Oct 2005) Convert decommissioned military bases into prisons. (Jun 1995) Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994) More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty. (Sep 1994)

Newt Gingrich on Drugs

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Marijuana legalization would tear America apart. (Apr 2011) International drug traders use network for terrorist traffic. (Nov 2006) Increase penalties for illegal drugs. (Nov 1998) Drug-free society focuses on both drug supply & demand. (Jul 1998) Admitted to smoking marijuana, coming of age in 1960s. (Jun 1995)

Newt Gingrich on Education

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College students should work and graduate with no debt. (Nov 2011) Dramatically shrink the federal Department of Education. (Sep 2011) I liked charter school programs in Obama's Race to the Top. (Sep 2011) Let parents choose public, private, parochial, or homeschool. (Jun 2011) More learning options: community college-run charter schools. (Dec 2007) Offer coupons to send kids to schools that work best. (Dec 2007) Americas high schools are obsolete. (Sep 2007) Pay kids as incentive to learn math and science. (Sep 2007) Removing God from Pledge of Allegiance assaults our identity. (Dec 2006) Removing God from Pledge assaults our identity. (Dec 2006) Replace multiculturalism with patriotic education. (Dec 2006) Reference to God in Pledge of Allegiance is not ceremonial. (Dec 2006) Introduce competition among schools and teachers. (Dec 2006) Encourage private sector in math and science education. (Dec 2006) Waive interest on student loans for math & science grads. (Sep 2003) Support charters; insist on change for failing schools. (Jul 1998) Private scholarships for students at hopeless schools. (Jul 1998) 1984: All-night Congressional vigil on school prayer vote. (Jun 1995) Voucherize inner-city programs from schools to groceries. (Jun 1995) Voluntary school prayer creates bond between you and Creator. (Jun 1995) 1963 Supreme Court school prayer ban was just wrong. (Jun 1995) Voted YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994) Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible. (Jan 1993) Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer. (May 1997)

Newt Gingrich on Energy & Oil

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Put nuclear waste in deep storage for 10,000 years. (Oct 2011) Every green tax credit is a tax loophole. (Sep 2011) FactCheck: US has 110-year supply of gas, not 1,100 years. (Feb 2011) 2008 petition drive: Drill here, Drill now, Pay less. (Feb 2011) New nuclear plants would reduce 2 billion tons of CO2 a year. (Feb 2011) 2008 book: Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less. (Dec 2007) Billion-dollar prize for first mass-produced hydrogen car. (Dec 2007) Kyoto treaty is bad for the environment and bad for America. (Dec 2006) Focus on incentives for conservation & renewable resources. (Dec 2006) Stop scare tactics about drilling in Alaska. (Dec 2006) Gas tax sounds OK in DC, but not outside Beltway. (Jul 1998)

Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures. (Jul 2010) Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low. (Jul 2010)

Newt Gingrich on Environment

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EPA should not regulate dust storms in Iowa. (Jan 2012) Critical Katrina recovery by energetic church volunteers. (Jun 2011) Replace EPA with new Environmental Solutions Agency. (Feb 2011) Katrina's collapse of New Orleans was avoidable. (Dec 2007) Boston's Big Dig was a classic pork barrel project. (Dec 2007) Reject apocalyptic warnings; they only lead to higher taxes. (Dec 2007) Greatest enviro dangers are poverty & command bureaucracy. (Sep 2007) Combine healthy environment and a healthy economy. (Dec 2006) Early 1980s: co-sponsored Endangered Species Act. (Jun 1995) Regulating 15 more contaminants under Clean Water Act. (Oct 1993)

Newt Gingrich on Families & Children

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Let poor kids work so they learn like middle class. (Dec 2011) Reward high-school girls who graduate as virgins. (Nov 2011) Responsibility for child's education resides with parents. (Jun 2011) Aging baby boomers need more independent & assisted living. (Sep 2007) Marriage penalty costs low-income couples $4,600 per year. (Jun 1995) 1979: his marriage collapsed because "all humans sin". (Jun 1995) Co-established bipartisan task force on the family. (Jan 1995) Use tax code to reinforce families. (Sep 1994)

Newt Gingrich on Foreign Policy

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Tell the truth: Palestinians are an "invented people". (Dec 2011) Corruption from our bureaucrats giving bureaucrats money. (Sep 2011) We have failed for a decade to deal with North Korea & Iran. (Sep 2011) We need a dramatically expanded use of statecraft. (May 2007) 1994 peso collapse was first crisis of 21st century. (Jun 2004) 1993: $1.6B Russia aid package was "great defining moment". (Jun 2004) Lead the world into Third Wave Information Age. (Jul 1995)

American Exceptionalism: uniquely far-reaching individualism. (Jun 1995)

Newt Gingrich on Free Trade

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Protectionism helps China & India challenge US supremacy. (Dec 2006) Mutual trade: neither free trade nor protectionism. (Jun 1995)

Newt Gingrich on Government Reform

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Historically ignorant leaders make suicidally stupid policy. (Oct 2011) Press corps focuses on campaign minutia & not basic ideas. (Aug 2011) The era of big government is over, and I mean it. (Jul 2011) Abolish all White House Czars. (Jul 2011) Constitution begins "we the people" not "we the government". (Nov 2010) Democrats say they oppose earmarks, but proposed 8,000. (Feb 2009) GOP wins election and then loses the government. (Feb 2008) End judicial supremacy; preserve our Godly heritage. (Dec 2007) Replace bureaucratic mindset with Entrepreneurial Management. (Sep 2007) Insist on judges who understand our rights come from God. (Dec 2006) Supreme Court has become permanent Constitutional Convention. (Dec 2006) Insist on judges who understand our rights come from God. (Dec 2006) Our rights come from God, not from government. (Dec 2006) Contract With America: deep cuts in Medicare/Medicaid/taxes. (Nov 2003) Increase federal limits on individual campaign contributions. (Nov 1998) Established systems are inherently hostile to change. (Jul 1998) Press plays gotcha; limit press briefings. (Jul 1998) 1995 government shutdown from GOP underestimating Clinton. (Jul 1998) 1994 GOP victory destroyed bipartisanship. (Jul 1998) Elected on anti-corruption platform in 1978. (Jul 1998) Government should take management lesson from private sector. (Jul 1998) Rethink every aspect of bureaucracy. (Jul 1998) Class mobility is key part of Americas genius. (Jul 1995) Wrote "Contract with America" as conservative platform. (Jun 1995) Identify constitutionality in every new congressional bill. (Jul 2010) Audit federal agencies, to reform or eliminate them. (Jul 2010) Moratorium on all earmarks until budget is balanced. (Jul 2010) Limit punitive damages; term limits on Congress. (Sep 1994) Government is too big, too intrusive, too easy with money. (Sep 1994)

Newt Gingrich on Gun Control

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Dont redefine Constitution with no individual right to arms. (Oct 2005)

Newt Gingrich on Health Care

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HillaryCare mandate ok; ObamaCare mandate unconstitutional. (Dec 2011) No mandatory premium support model; give people choices. (Nov 2011) Medicare pays crooks; contract it out to private companies. (Nov 2011) Block grant Medicaid; create individual incentives & bonuses. (Nov 2011) Rampant Medicaid/Medicare fraud: stop paying the crooks. (Jul 2011) If you mandate healthcare, you mandate everything in life. (Jun 2011) House GOP Medicare plan was right-wing social engineering. (Jun 2011) Repeal ObamaCare; sign tort reform instead. (Feb 2011) 21st-century personalized intelligent health system. (Dec 2007) Focus on health as a moral issue. (Dec 2007) Medicare opt-in to private health savings accounts. (Dec 2006) Focus 21st Century Intelligent Health System on individuals. (Dec 2006) Market competition yields more health choice at lower prices. (Dec 2006) 1994: Declined gov't insurance but gov't paid 75% anyway. (Nov 2003) Save dollars and save lives--so transform urgently. (Sep 2003) System broken due to perfect storm of converging problems. (Sep 2003) Tax credits for developing technology for disabilities. (Sep 2003) Re-focus Medicare on preventive health instead of sickness. (Sep 2003) Market dynamics can save healthcare, not government control. (Sep 2003) Focus on prevention; would save $14B with diabetes. (Jul 1998) Ongoing battle against liberals nationalizing healthcare. (Jul 1998) Too much reform puts 1/7 of US economy at risk. (Jun 1995) Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010)

Newt Gingrich on Homeland Security

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All of us will be in danger for the rest of our lives. (Nov 2011) Every tool possible against terrorists, incluing PATRIOT Act. (Nov 2011) It's nonsense to disarm America to balance the budget. (Oct 2011) Real danger of Iran getting nukes from Pakistan. (Sep 2011) We have enemies that want disasters on an enormous scale. (Sep 2011)

Defense as percentage of GDP is lowest since WWII. (Jul 2011) Post-9/11, it's terrorism vs. civilization. (Sep 2009) Be prepared in a very militant and aggressive way. (Feb 2009) Gingrich-plus-up: $1B increase in 1990s Pentagon funding. (Dec 2007) Contain nuclear threats:China, Russia, Pakistan, North Korea. (Sep 2007) 1980s: Supported squadron of 132 B-2 stealth bombers. (May 2007) Military tribunals to lock people up the way Lincoln did. (May 2007) Defend America & allies with information policies. (Dec 2006) Biological threat bigger than nuclear threat. (Sep 2003) Wishes he volunteered for Vietnam; exempt due to young kids. (Jun 1995) Women not suitable for combat due to infections. (Jun 1995) Co-founded Military Reform Caucus as "cheap hawk solution". (Jun 1995) No US troops under UN command; more defense spending. (Sep 1994)

Newt Gingrich on Immigration

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Review all illegal aliens & if you have no ties, go home. (Nov 2011) Illegal aliens born in the US should not be deported. (Nov 2011) Sue the federal government for every cent spent on illegals. (Nov 2011) Employers should use e-verify for all hires. (Sep 2011) Require official English plus American history. (Sep 2011) I voted for Reagan's legal guest worker program. (Sep 2011) Citizen Boards to decide which immigrants stay and go. (Aug 2011) Use National Guard on US-Mexican border. (Jun 2011) Deport 55,000 illegal aliens with multiple arrest records. (Dec 2007) Elite immigration solution incompatible with American values. (Dec 2007) Lax border security lets in terrorists. (Dec 2007) Immigrants must learn key values of American history. (Dec 2006) Make it harder to sneak in, but easier for guest workers. (Dec 2006) 1989: Let Tiananmen students overstay visas. (Jun 1995) Irish and Chinese immigrants overcame bigotry; so can blacks. (Jun 1995)

Newt Gingrich on Jobs

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Go to college instead of 99 weeks of unemployment. (Nov 2011) Fundamentally wrong to give unemployment pay for 99 weeks. (Sep 2011) The American people create jobs; not government. (Sep 2011) Jobs & Prosperity Plan: cut business taxes & regulations. (Jul 2011) Defund National Labor Relations Board; favor right-to-work. (Jun 2011) Number one job today is to create jobs. (Feb 2011) Unions want to take away right to secret-ballot elections. (Dec 2007)

Union leaders prefer protection over competition. (Sep 2007) Unions focus on politics; corporations on doing business. (Jul 1998) Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)

Newt Gingrich on Principles & Values

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Is Obama a socialist? "Sure, of course he is". (Sep 2011) Tea Party prevents mistake of electing conservative Dems. (Jul 2011) If you're not loyal to U.S., you can't serve in my Cabinet. (Jun 2011) Start speaking out in favor of American Exceptionalism. (Jun 2011) American Exceptionalism is central to our nation's survival. (Jun 2011) Declaration assumes God created man. (Jun 2011) Five habits of liberty sustain American Exceptionalism. (Jun 2011) Red-blue split in America is 85% Americans and 15% fringe. (Dec 2007) Red-vs.-Blue fails: propose Red-White-and-Blue solutions. (Dec 2007) Creator as source of liberty is literally written in stone. (Dec 2006) Media-academic-legal elite imposes radical secularist vision. (Dec 2006) Constitution says freedom OF religion, not FROM religion. (Dec 2006) Supreme Court hostile to religion, but building based on it. (Dec 2006) Reform traditional instruments of govt for 21st century. (Dec 2006) Focus on 5 major challenges for the 21st century. (Dec 2006) Politics is war without blood. (Feb 2003) Polls are biased left; GOP wins on the issues. (Jul 1998) GOP represents people, but Dems communicate better. (Jul 1998) Baby Boomers becoming Republicans while Dems become outdated. (Jul 1998) Liberals exploit weakness; conservatives offer strength. (Jul 1998) Culture of irresponsibility began in 1965. (Jul 1995) Our civilization is a shared opportunity to pursue happiness. (Jul 1995) Search for progress in successful lessons of the past. (Jun 1995) Many newspaper editorial boards contain socialists. (Jun 1995) If you're afraid or broke or uneducated, you're not free. (Jan 1995)

Past Elections

1998: Resigned after election loss of House seats. (Nov 2010) After 2000, Republicans failed to govern successfully. (Dec 2007) 1979: wrote Art of Transformation; 1990s: implemented it. (Dec 2007) 1998: Proceeded with unpopular impeachment "because we can". (Jun 2004) 1972: State chair for CREEP, committee to re-elect Nixon. (Jun 1995) 1960: first political activism: student volunteer for Nixon. (Jun 1995) Cooperate on Contract, but no compromise. (Jun 1995) Four House Ethics complaints against "Newt Inc." GOPAC. (Jun 1995)

Authored Conservative Opportunity Society manifesto. (Jun 1995)

Personal Life

Parents married only a few months; named after stepfather. (Jun 1995) Dated his geometry teacher in high-school; married her later. (Jun 1995) Contract with America: 10 bills in 1st 100 days of Congress. (Sep 1994)

Newt Gingrich on Social Security

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Take Social Security off federal budget; give young a choice. (Nov 2011) Get social security out of budget; make personal accounts. (Nov 2011) Take away politicians' power & control over our retirement. (Sep 2011) 50% offset on the FICA tax, to stimulate economy. (Feb 2009) Invest 50% of payroll taxes in personal accounts. (Dec 2007) Move retirement plans to personal savings plans. (Dec 2007) Modernize via personal social security savings accounts. (Dec 2006) Retirement policies & tax policies ARE health policies. (Sep 2003) Show true cost of FICA--double what is shown on paychecks. (Jul 1998) Convert to IRA-based system. (Jul 1998) Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings. (Sep 1994)

Newt Gingrich on Tax Reform

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Obama divides us by going after people who make over $250K. (Oct 2011) Obama's "balanced approach" is code for raise taxes. (Jul 2011) Death tax is a direct assault on civil society. (Jun 2011) Energy taxes are taxes on people earning under $250K. (Feb 2009) Match the Chinese and have zero capital gains tax. (Feb 2009) Voted against Reagan tax increases & Bush tax increases. (Feb 2008) Flat tax proposal criticized for losing popular tax breaks. (Dec 2007) Tax hikes retard growth and depress revenues. (Dec 2007) Change tax policies to make US companies competitive abroad. (Sep 2007) Create tax incentives that encourage R&D. (Sep 2007) Eliminate the capital gains tax to encourage investing. (Sep 2007) Opposing taxes is a key conservative value. (Jul 1998) Input of public judgement for any major tax reform. (Jul 1998) EITC is an invitation to fraud. (Jul 1998)

Adopt a single-rate tax system. (Jul 2010) Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death taxes. (Jul 2010) Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes. (Sep 1994)

Newt Gingrich on Technology

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We can't compete with China with an inferior infrastructure. (Jan 2012) America should be in space, aggressively & entrepreneurially. (Dec 2011) Prepare more for electromagnetic pulse attack. (Nov 2011) FactCheck: 1.3 million Twitter followers is exaggerated. (Jul 2011) Replace NASA with incentives to private sector. (Jun 2011) Treat WikiLeaks as enemy combatants engaged in terrorism. (Dec 2010) NASA bureaucrats hijacked the great space adventure. (Dec 2007) Establish three high-speed rail corridors; NY-MA; FL; & CA. (Dec 2007) Invest in scientific revolutions: energy, space, environment. (Sep 2007) Focus on investing in science and discovery. (Sep 2003) Nanotechnology combined with biotech will transform society. (Sep 2003) Supports federal investment in space for science & discovery. (Sep 2003) Statistical adjustment of census begets political adjustment. (Jul 1998) Television is the wasteland of cynicism. (Jun 1995) Televise Congress: "C-Span is more real than being there". (Jun 1995) Tax credit for inner-city computers: "Let them eat laptops". (Jun 1995) Co-founded Congressional Space Caucus. (Jun 1995) Abolish tax deferral for media sales to minorities. (Jun 1995)

Newt Gingrich on War & Peace

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We have mismanaged region-wide crisis in Middle East. (Jan 2012) Sabotage Iran's oil refinery. (Nov 2011) Covert operations & military, if needed, to stop Iran nukes. (Nov 2011) Wrong to intervene in Libya; covert action more effective. (Aug 2011) No US conventional forces in Libya. (Jul 2011) Get out of Arab region rapidly; make new strategy. (Jun 2011) Goal was to liberate Iraq from Saddam, not to occupy. (Dec 2007) The "Irreconcilable Wing of Islam" threatens our way of life. (Dec 2007) Deadline for Iraqi withdrawal is legislating defeat. (May 2007) Even if Iraq IS a civil war, people have won civil wars. (May 2007) Pressure Iran to cut off Iraq, including blockading Iran. (May 2007) Iraq & Syria are enemies--ok to talk if we understand that. (May 2007) French didnt abandon colonies in 1776; even when losing. (May 2007)

Iraqi Army risk their lives & take more casualties than US. (May 2007) Date for withdrawal means terrorists exalt & follow us home. (May 2007) War on terror is transformational, and will take many years. (Dec 2006) Defend America & allies from those who would destroy us. (Dec 2006) Critical of how Iraq war has been fought. (Nov 2006) Iraq policy is a mess. (Dec 2003) Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. (Nov 1995)

Newt Gingrich on Welfare & Poverty

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FactCheck: Poverty rate has fallen under War on Poverty. (Jul 2011) When free welfare is provided, people choose not to work. (Jun 2011) 1996: One out of 184 programs block-granted back to states. (Jun 2011) Ten Lessons from Successfully Transforming Welfare. (Dec 2007) Boys Town-style orphanages better than kids on welfare. (Nov 2003) Reach majority by better ideas, not by handing out goodies. (Jul 1998) Eight steps to improve opportunity for poor. (Jul 1995) Welfare state has distorted beyond its original intent. (Jun 1995) Error at core of welfare state is its dehumanization. (Jun 1995) Welfare vouchers allow choice & reduce bureaucracy. (Jun 1995) Food stamps crowd out space shuttles. (Jun 1995) Replace welfare state with opportunity society. (Jan 1995) Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending. (Sep 1994)