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Newt Gingrich != the Republican party. I'm sure I can cherry-pick some Democratic politician to get the point across if I cared, but I don't because your post is trolling.

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Errr he was the LEADER of the Republican Party, literally the Speaker of the House.

So, like Harry Reid was for the Democrats? Yeah, we got baddies on both sides, especially in positions of authority.

Newt Gingrich was the leader of the Republican Congress that closed the OTA, not a cherry-pick. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessm...

who signed that budget?

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