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Newt Gingrich on Abortion
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Click here for 9 full quotes on Abortion
OR other political leaders on Abortion.
- Opposing contraception isn't extreme; legal infanticide is. (Feb 2012)
- Don't discard excess embryos from in vitro fertilization. (Jan 2012)
- Embryonic stem-cell research desensitizes us to kill babies. (Jan 2012)
- Stop forcing pro-choice morality on religious organizations. (Jun 2011)
- Immediately cease public funding for abortion providers. (Jun 2011)
- Impeach judges who don’t abide by Constitution as written. (Oct 2005)
- Most Americans are pro-choice and anti-abortion. (Jun 1995)
- $500 tax credit for adoption. (Dec 1994)
- Supports the Pro-life Presidential Leadership Pledge. (Jan 2012)
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Newt Gingrich on Budget & Economy
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Click here for 27 full quotes on Budget & Economy
OR other political leaders on Budget & Economy.
- We balanced the budget four times in the 1990s. (Jan 2012)
- We balanced the budget four times in the 1990s. (Jan 2012)
- Ron Paul's economic stances compared to Gingrich's. (Jan 2012)
- 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)
- Putting people in houses they can't afford invites disaster. (May 2010)
- Microlending efficiently gets money to local entrepreneurs. (May 2010)
- 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)
- 1995: Eliminate the annual federal deficit in 7 years. (Nov 2005)
- Negotiated 1998 budget: first one balanced since 1969. (Jun 2004)
- Balancing budget is morally AND financially right. (Jul 1996)
- 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)
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Newt Gingrich on Civil Rights
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Click here for 22 full quotes 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)
- Repeal hate speech legislation including campus speech codes. (May 2010)
- 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)
- Foreign opinion irrelevant to US affirmative action policy. (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)
- Shocked by legal segregation in 1960s Georgia. (Jul 1996)
- Individual rights trump group rights. (Jul 1996)
- 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)
- GOP can no longer be the party of the country club. (Jan 1995)
- Affirmative opportunity instead of affirmative action. (Jan 1995)
- Equality of opportunity, not equality of result. (Jan 1995)
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Newt Gingrich on Corporations
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- Mitt Romney's economic stances compared to Newt's. (Feb 2012)
- Businesses focus on customers; apply Lean Six Sigma to gov't. (Nov 2011)
- Chrysler bankruptcy bailout was politically rigged. (May 2010)
- Big business uses government to protect itself from rivals. (May 2010)
- Cut corporate taxes to 12.5%. (May 2010)
- 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act drives IPOs out of the US. (Dec 2007)
- Learn from multinationals about global competitiveness. (Jul 1996)
- Bureaucracy & litigation are enemies of entrepreneurship. (Jun 1995)
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Newt Gingrich on Crime
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- On Ferguson: stop when a policeman tells you to stop. (Jan 2015)
- Supports Prison Fellowship InnerChange Freedom Initiative. (Dec 2007)
- 3-strike laws are constitutional; enforce courts compliance. (Oct 2005)
- Criminal wealth corrupts police and politicians. (Oct 2005)
- Prisoners should work and study; not have gyms. (Jul 1996)
- Convert decommissioned military bases into prisons. (Jun 1995)
- Lock up violent criminals until they're too old for violence. (Jan 1995)
- No more endless appeals; make death penalty credible. (Dec 1994)
- Fewer appeals; more prisons; victim restitution. (Dec 1994)
- Limit habeus corpus appeals; too many frivolous petitions. (Dec 1994)
- Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
- More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty. (Sep 1994)
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Newt Gingrich on Drugs
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Click here for 11 full quotes on Drugs
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- Marijuana legalization would tear America apart. (Apr 2011)
- International drug traders use network for terrorist traffic. (Nov 2006)
- Narcotics trafficking funds terrorism and corruption. (Oct 2005)
- Increase penalties for illegal drugs. (Nov 1998)
- Drug-free society focuses on both drug supply & demand. (Jul 1998)
- No sympathy for addicts; no legalization. (Jul 1996)
- Admitted to smoking marijuana, coming of age in 1960s. (Jun 1995)
- Permissive attitudes lead to considering legalizing drugs. (Jan 1995)
- I used marijuana at a party once; it had no effect. (Jan 1995)
- Mandatory minimum for drug & gun crimes. (Dec 1994)
- Replace drug courts with Block Grants. (Dec 1994)
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Newt Gingrich on Education
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Click here for 36 full quotes on Education
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Charters and Vouchers
- 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)
- America’s high schools are obsolete. (Sep 2007)
- Pay kids as incentive to learn math and science. (Sep 2007)
- Replace multiculturalism with patriotic education. (Dec 2006)
- Reference to God in Pledge of Allegiance is not ceremonial. (Dec 2006)
- Earning by Learning: pay students $2 per summer book. (Oct 2005)
- Support charters; insist on change for failing schools. (Jul 1998)
- Private scholarships for students at hopeless schools. (Jul 1998)
- Adopt vouchers to break unionized monopoly of inner city. (Jul 1996)
- Voucherize inner-city programs from schools to groceries. (Jun 1995)
College
- Gingrich's education stances compared to Ron Paul's. (Jan 2012)
- College students should work and graduate with no debt. (Nov 2011)
- Waive interest on student loans for math & science grads. (Sep 2003)
- End college tenure; focus on students over teachers. (Jul 1996)
- Make universities about Western values, not quaint artifacts. (Jan 1995)
Grade School
- Introduce competition among schools and teachers. (Dec 2006)
- Encourage private sector in math and science education. (Dec 2006)
School Prayer
- School prayer ban shows secular socialists oppose God. (May 2010)
- Since 1963 school prayer ban, teen pregnancy & drugs are up. (May 2010)
- Don't ban Bibles from public schools. (May 2010)
- Removing God from Pledge of Allegiance assaults our identity. (Dec 2006)
- Removing “God” from Pledge assaults our identity. (Dec 2006)
- Teach evolution as science; intelligent design as philosophy. (Oct 2006)
- Re-center America on the Creator. (Oct 2005)
- Constitutional amendment to protect right to school prayer. (Apr 1996)
- Voluntary school prayer creates bond between you and Creator. (Jun 1995)
- 1963 Supreme Court school prayer ban was just wrong. (Jun 1995)
- Voluntary school prayer really does matter. (Jan 1995)
Voting Record
- 1984: All-night Congressional vigil on school prayer vote. (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)
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Newt Gingrich on Energy & Oil
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Click here for 17 full quotes on Energy & Oil
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- 2008: Our country must take action to address climate change. (Feb 2012)
- Obama favors far-left interests at expense of energy jobs. (Jan 2012)
- 1989: prevent global warming; 2012: unclear if warming real. (Dec 2011)
- 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)
- Doomsday climate theory pushes massive wealth transfer. (May 2010)
- 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)
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Newt Gingrich on Environment
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Click here for 16 full quotes 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)
- Correct use of DDT doesn't harm humans nor environment. (May 2010)
- Tragic Kelo case confiscated private property. (May 2010)
- Green conservatism: market-oriented, incentive-led. (May 2010)
- 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)
- Encourage public-private partnerships like Land Trusts. (Oct 2005)
- Minimize human impact; establish more parks. (Jul 1996)
- 1995: Entrepreneurial scientific approach to environment. (Apr 1996)
- Early 1980s: co-sponsored Endangered Species Act. (Jun 1995)
- Regulating 15 more contaminants under Clean Water Act. (Oct 1993)
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Newt Gingrich on Families & Children
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Click here for 18 full quotes 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)
- Stop funding China's mandatory one-child policy. (May 2010)
- Aging baby boomers need more independent & assisted living. (Sep 2007)
- OpEd: refused to pay child support, but supports DOMA. (Jun 1997)
- Re-establish shame to enforce family values and behavior. (Jul 1996)
- Child tax credit favors family budget over federal budget. (Jul 1996)
- No society can survive with 12-year-olds having babies. (Apr 1996)
- 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)
- It's conceivable I was insensitive during my divorce. (Jan 1995)
- Welfare system destroys the family; replace welfare state. (Jan 1995)
- Families are not anything other than heterosexual couples. (Jan 1995)
- Welfare incentives encourage teen pregnancy. (Dec 1994)
- Enforce child support. (Dec 1994)
- Use tax code to reinforce families. (Sep 1994)
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Newt Gingrich on Foreign Policy
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Click here for 13 full quotes on Foreign Policy
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- I supported Helms-Burton to isolate the Castro regime. (Jan 2012)
- 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)
- UN is corrupt bureaucracy that protects dictators. (May 2010)
- We need a dramatically expanded use of statecraft. (May 2007)
- America is Continent of Hope, with special responsibility. (Oct 2005)
- Finance world biodiversity hot spots via foreign aid. (Oct 2005)
- 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)
- Threats to civilization are real, & fight needs leadership. (Jan 1995)
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Newt Gingrich on Free Trade
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Click here for 7 full quotes on Free Trade
OR other political leaders on Free Trade.
- Mitt Romney's trade & immigration stances compared to Newt's. (Feb 2012)
- Supported NAFTA, GATT, WTO, and MFN. (May 2011)
- Protectionism helps China & India challenge US supremacy. (Dec 2006)
- Ask major exporters what they need to compete globally. (Jul 1996)
- Mutual trade: neither free trade nor protectionism. (Jun 1995)
- Compete in world market because we can't retreat from it. (Jan 1995)
- Supported NAFTA & GATT in common with Clinton administration. (Jan 1995)
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Newt Gingrich on Government Reform
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Click here for 44 full quotes on Government Reform
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- 1990s: Fund federal projects in vulnerable GOP districts. (Apr 2012)
- Historically ignorant leaders make suicidally stupid policy. (Oct 2011)
- Press corps focuses on campaign minutia & not basic ideas. (Aug 2011)
- Passing massive debt to next generation is immoral. (May 2010)
- Press plays “gotcha”; limit press briefings. (Jul 1998)
- 1995 government shutdown from GOP underestimating Clinton. (Jul 1998)
- 1994 GOP victory destroyed bipartisanship. (Jul 1998)
- Government should take management lesson from private sector. (Jul 1998)
- Class mobility is key part of America’s genius. (Jul 1995)
- Wrote "Contract with America" as conservative platform. (Jun 1995)
Bureaucracy Reform
- 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)
- Replace Washington controls with American ideals. (May 2010)
- Democrats say they oppose earmarks, but proposed 8,000. (Feb 2009)
- GOP wins election and then loses the government. (Feb 2008)
- Replace bureaucratic mindset with Entrepreneurial Management. (Sep 2007)
- Supreme Court has become permanent Constitutional Convention. (Dec 2006)
- Election process has become incumbency protection racket. (Oct 2005)
- Real change needed for lobbying reform, not just piecemeal. (Oct 2005)
- Contract With America: deep cuts in Medicare/Medicaid/taxes. (Nov 2003)
- Established systems are inherently hostile to change. (Jul 1998)
- Elected on anti-corruption platform in 1978. (Jul 1998)
- Rethink every aspect of bureaucracy. (Jul 1998)
- Big Government is a 20th century idea; let it die. (Jul 1996)
- Devolve power first to states, then to cities & families. (Jul 1996)
- Monthly "Corrections Day" to remove destructive rules. (Jul 1996)
- 12-year term limits ok; 6-year limits empower bureaucrats. (Jul 1996)
- I believe in lean bureaucracy, not in no bureaucracy. (Jan 1995)
Campaign Finance Reform
- Allow unlimited campaign contributions to anybody. (Apr 2014)
- Supported Citizens United; opposed McCain Feingold. (May 2011)
- CFR protects incumbents by limiting free speech. (Oct 2005)
- Increase federal limits on individual campaign contributions. (Nov 1998)
God and Government
- End judicial supremacy; preserve our Godly heritage. (Dec 2007)
- Insist on judges who understand our rights come from God. (Dec 2006)
- Insist on judges who understand our rights come from God. (Dec 2006)
- Our rights come from God, not from government. (Dec 2006)
- Americans want public officials to live a Christian life. (Jan 1995)
Voting Record
- First 100 days: votes on 10 items of Contract with America. (Nov 2005)
- 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)
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Newt Gingrich on Health Care
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Click here for 37 full quotes on Health Care
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- Double funding for NIH research. (Apr 2017)
- Government healthcare looks into abyss & moves to tyranny. (Feb 2012)
- 1993: I am for an individual health insurance requirement. (Dec 2011)
- HillaryCare mandate ok; ObamaCare mandate unconstitutional. (Dec 2011)
- No mandatory premium support model; give people choices. (Nov 2011)
- If you mandate healthcare, you mandate everything in life. (Jun 2011)
- Tort Reform: Impose "loser pays" rules; cap punitive damages. (May 2011)
- Repeal ObamaCare; sign tort reform instead. (Feb 2011)
- $151B wasted annually to avoid malpractice lawsuits. (May 2010)
- Focus on Availability, Affordability, and Appropriateness. (May 2010)
- $600B to $850B in healthcare waste every year. (May 2010)
- 21st-century personalized intelligent health system. (Dec 2007)
- Focus on health as a moral issue. (Dec 2007)
- Market competition yields more health choice at lower prices. (Dec 2006)
- Health Savings Accounts: tax-free savings until used. (Oct 2005)
- 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)
- 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)
- Decentralizing power will reduce health costs. (Jul 1996)
- Too much reform puts 1/7 of US economy at risk. (Jun 1995)
- Replace expensive, red-tape-ridden, litigious system. (Jan 1995)
- $500 tax credit for family eldercare. (Dec 1994)
Medicare/Medicaid
- 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)
- House GOP Medicare plan was right-wing social engineering. (Jun 2011)
- Medicare opt-in to private health savings accounts. (Dec 2006)
- Focus 21st Century Intelligent Health System on individuals. (Dec 2006)
- Re-focus Medicare on preventive health instead of sickness. (Sep 2003)
- 1995: Let Medicare wither on the vine. (Jan 1997)
- Socialized medicine designed to seize control of system. (Jan 1995)
Voting Record
- Rick Santorum's healthcare stances compared to Newt's. (Jan 2012)
- Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010)
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Newt Gingrich on Homeland Security
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- Threat of militant Islam is comparable to pre-WWII Nazis. (Jan 2015)
- Snowden should be tried as a felon for releasing secrets. (Jan 2014)
- Train women for combat, even if not formally in combat. (Jan 2013)
- 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)
- Gitmo lawyers threaten to identify our CIA officers. (May 2010)
- Enemy combatants not entitled to Miranda rights. (May 2010)
- 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)
- Defeat al Qaeda; contain N.Korea, Russia, China, & Pakistan. (Oct 2005)
- System that can smuggle slaves can also smuggle terrorists. (Oct 2005)
- Biological threat bigger than nuclear threat. (Sep 2003)
- Downsize the Pentagon to a triangle; decentralize decisions. (Jul 1996)
- Peace through strength, to lead the world. (Jul 1996)
- 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)
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Newt Gingrich on Immigration
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- Newt side-by-side against Romney, Paul & Santorum. (Mar 2012)
- By 2014, finish job of constructing a double border fence. (Feb 2012)
- Use American Express & Visa to verify immigration laws. (Jan 2012)
- Romney's "self-deportation" is an Obama-level fantasy. (Jan 2012)
- Not speaking English traps people into not getting jobs. (Jan 2012)
- Santorum's immigration stances compared to Newt's. (Jan 2012)
- 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)
- No welfare for non-citizens. (Dec 1994)
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Newt Gingrich on Jobs
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- Auto bailout was unprecedented capitulation to unions. (Feb 2012)
- Bigger government lead to more food stamps, not more jobs. (Jan 2012)
- Create transitional program for returning vets, like in WWII. (Jan 2012)
- 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)
- Jobs plan: lower taxes; lower spending; domestic energy. (May 2010)
- Card Check strips workers of right to secret ballot. (May 2010)
- Union power games the system to minimize work. (May 2010)
- Unions want to take away right to secret-ballot elections. (Dec 2007)
- Union leaders prefer protection over competition. (Sep 2007)
- Unions good early on, but now they block competition. (Oct 2005)
- Unions focus on politics; corporations on doing business. (Jul 1998)
- Welfare attacks work & encourages getting out of work. (Jan 1995)
- Lower lifetime earning level if you go to Job Corps. (Jan 1995)
- Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages. (Sep 1994)
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Newt Gingrich on Principles & Values
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- Mueller was a figurehead for anti-Trump prosecutors. (Jul 2019)
- 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)
- Five habits of liberty sustain American Exceptionalism. (Jun 2011)
- OpEd: Great revolutionary but less adept at governing. (Sep 2010)
- America is now facing a mortal threat. (May 2010)
- Saul Alinsky is clear: Left needs to be dishonest. (May 2010)
- GOP regained majority after Watergate; and we'll do it again. (Jan 2010)
- Creator as source of liberty is literally written in stone. (Dec 2006)
- Media-academic-legal elite imposes radical secularist vision. (Dec 2006)
- Reform traditional instruments of gov’t for 21st century. (Dec 2006)
- Focus on 5 major challenges for the 21st century. (Dec 2006)
- Forced change from minority mentality to majority mentality. (Sep 2006)
- Winning the future requires a movement for real change. (Oct 2005)
- Politics is war without blood. (Feb 2003)
- 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)
- We must choose between a future of freedom or decline. (Jul 1996)
- 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)
- 1994 goal of durable conservative majority lasted until 2008. (Aug 2009)
- After 2000, Republicans failed to govern successfully. (Dec 2007)
- 1979: wrote Art of Transformation; 1990s: implemented it. (Dec 2007)
- 21st century Contract With America: grassroots movement. (Oct 2005)
- 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)
- Great Republican tradition of progressivism from 1856-1912. (Jan 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)
- As an army brat, I know how exciting military life can be. (Jan 1995)
- Grew up on military bases during Vietnam War. (Jan 1995)
- Mother married to biological father for only 3 days. (Jan 1995)
Religion
- Declaration assumes God created man. (Jun 2011)
- Constitution says freedom OF religion, not FROM religion. (Dec 2006)
- Supreme Court hostile to religion, but building based on it. (Dec 2006)
- Freedom OF religion; not freedom FROM religion. (Oct 2005)
- Leaders of the American Revolution were committed to God. (Apr 1996)
- Judeo-Christian traditions and rules work. (Jan 1995)
Voting Record
- Reach out to blacks & Latinos in "blue" areas. (Jan 2010)
- 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)
- Polls are biased left; GOP wins on the issues. (Jul 1998)
- Contract with America: 10 bills in 1st 100 days of Congress. (Sep 1994)
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Newt Gingrich on Social Security
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- Establish Social Security savings accounts, like Chile. (Jan 2012)
- 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)
- Capital markets return more that Social Security promises. (May 2010)
- 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)
- Transform Social Security into personal savings accounts. (Oct 2005)
- 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)
- Change how we pay for retirement but don't abolish system. (Jan 1995)
- Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings. (Sep 1994)
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Newt Gingrich on Tax Reform
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- Flat tax at 15%; reduce government to make that work. (Jan 2012)
- 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)
- Taxes are too complicated and IRS is too intimidating. (Jul 1996)
- Adopt a single-rate tax system. (Jul 2010)
- Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax. (Jul 2010)
- Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes. (Sep 1994)
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Newt Gingrich on Technology
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- Get an American on the moon before the Chinese get there. (Jan 2012)
- 6 or 7 private launches every day; permanent moon base. (Jan 2012)
- I favor Internet freedom; SOPA favors Hollywood. (Jan 2012)
- 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)
- NASA focuses too much on safety and elite standards. (Oct 2005)
- 21st century reform: Being online better than being in line. (Oct 2005)
- 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)
- Develop US lead in all information-age industries. (Jul 1996)
- 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)
- Space exploration solves the world's most pressing problems. (Jan 1995)
- Space mirrors could uncover criminals lurking in darkness. (Jan 1995)
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Newt Gingrich on War & Peace
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- Obama "screams loudly & carries no stick," in Russia & Syria. (Mar 2014)
- 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)
- Supported Clinton's 1998 attack on Osama bin Laden. (Nov 2009)
- 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 didn’t 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)
- 2003: Post-Iraq policy errors pushing US "off a cliff". (Oct 2006)
- US in Long War with irreconcilable wing of Islam. (Oct 2005)
- Iraq policy is a mess. (Dec 2003)
- LBJ misled the American people about war in Asia. (Jan 1995)
- Use air power against every position everywhere. (Jan 1995)
- Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. (Nov 1995)
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Newt Gingrich on Welfare & Poverty
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- Obama is the Food Stamp President; teach poor to get jobs. (Jan 2012)
- Fight crisis of secularism with church-based charity. (Dec 2011)
- 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)
- $1,000 tax credit for low-income first-time homebuyers. (May 2011)
- Ten Lessons from Successfully Transforming Welfare. (Dec 2007)
- Echoed Bush's "Thousand Points of Light". (Apr 2004)
- Boys Town-style orphanages better than kids on welfare. (Nov 2003)
- Reach majority by better ideas, not by handing out goodies. (Jul 1998)
- Replace "welfare state" with "opportunity society". (Jul 1996)
- Enterprise zones let poor create their own jobs. (Jul 1996)
- 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)
- Tell the poor the truth: to be middle class is to work hard. (Jan 1995)
- Change America one church & one organization at a time. (Jan 1995)
- End entitlements; require work. (Dec 1994)
- Build opportunity society to oppose the welfare state. (Sep 1984)
- Limit welfare to 2 years & cut welfare spending. (Sep 1994)
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Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Immediately cease public funding for abortion providers: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Impeach judges who don’t abide by Constitution as written: Opposes topic 1 Defeat al Qaeda; contain N.Korea, Russia, China, & Pakistan: Strongly Favors topic 1 Most Americans are pro-choice and anti-abortion: Opposes topic 1 $500 tax credit for adoption: Opposes topic 1 Supports the Pro-life Presidential Leadership Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 1 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Helped oust Iowa justices who approved same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Foreign opinion irrelevant to US affirmative action policy: Opposes topic 2 Discontinue affirmative action programs: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Shocked by legal segregation in 1960s Georgia: Favors topic 2 Individual rights trump group rights: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Affirmative action OK individually, but not by group: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Women not suitable for combat due to infections: Opposes topic 2 Abolish tax deferral for media sales to minorities: Strongly Opposes topic 2 GOP can no longer be the party of the country club: Favors topic 2 Affirmative opportunity instead of affirmative action: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Equality of opportunity, not equality of result: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale)
| I helped author DOMA; if it fails, amend Constitution: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Army & Marines wanted Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Stop forcing same-sex marriage on religious organizations: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Foreign opinion has no relevance to US same-sex marriage: Opposes topic 3 OpEd: refused to pay child support, but supports DOMA: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Half-sister, a lesbian lobbyist: "Newt promotes tolerance": Favors topic 3 Families are not anything other than heterosexual couples: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
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| Critical Katrina recovery by energetic church volunteers: Strongly Favors topic 4 When free welfare is provided, people choose not to work: Opposes topic 4 Five justices banned school prayer against American majority: Strongly Favors topic 4 Culture of irresponsibility began in 1965: Favors topic 4 Eight steps to improve opportunity for poor: Favors topic 4 Error at core of welfare state is its dehumanization: Favors topic 4 Welfare vouchers allow choice & reduce bureaucracy: Strongly Favors topic 4 Reference to God in Pledge of Allegiance is not ceremonial: Strongly Favors topic 4 End judicial supremacy; preserve our Godly heritage: Favors topic 4 Americans want public officials to live a Christian life: Strongly Favors topic 4 Declaration assumes God created man: Strongly Favors topic 4 Freedom OF religion; not freedom FROM religion: Strongly Favors topic 4 Judeo-Christian traditions and rules work: Strongly Favors topic 4 School prayer ban shows secular socialists oppose God: Strongly Favors topic 4 Don't ban Bibles from public schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 Re-center America on the Creator: Strongly Favors topic 4 Constitutional amendment to protect right to school prayer: Favors topic 4 Voluntary school prayer creates bond between you and Creator: Strongly Favors topic 4 1963 Supreme Court school prayer ban was just wrong: Strongly Favors topic 4 Voluntary school prayer really does matter: Strongly Favors topic 4 1984: All-night Congressional vigil on school prayer vote: Strongly Favors topic 4 Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
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| Double funding for NIH research: Strongly Favors topic 5 Government healthcare looks into abyss & moves to tyranny: Strongly Opposes topic 5 1993: I am for an individual health insurance requirement: Strongly Favors topic 5 HillaryCare mandate ok; ObamaCare mandate unconstitutional: Opposes topic 5 No mandatory premium support model; give people choices: Opposes topic 5 If you mandate healthcare, you mandate everything in life: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal ObamaCare; sign tort reform instead: Strongly Opposes topic 5 $151B wasted annually to avoid malpractice lawsuits: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Market competition yields more health choice at lower prices: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Ongoing battle against liberals nationalizing healthcare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Decentralizing power will reduce health costs: Opposes topic 5 Replace expensive, red-tape-ridden, litigious system: Opposes topic 5 Medicare opt-in to private health savings accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Focus 21st Century Intelligent Health System on individuals: Opposes topic 5 Socialized medicine designed to seize control of system: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
Strongly Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
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| Establish Social Security savings accounts, like Chile: Strongly Favors topic 6 Get social security out of budget; make personal accounts: Favors topic 6 Invest 50% of payroll taxes in personal accounts: Strongly Favors topic 6 Move retirement plans to personal savings plans: Strongly Favors topic 6 Modernize via personal social security savings accounts: Strongly Favors topic 6 Transform Social Security into personal savings accounts: Strongly Favors topic 6 Convert to IRA-based system: Strongly Favors topic 6 Change how we pay for retirement but don't abolish system: Strongly Favors topic 6 Reduce taxes on Social Security earnings: Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
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| Responsibility for child's education resides with parents: Favors topic 7 Dramatically shrink the federal Department of Education: Strongly Favors topic 7 I liked charter school programs in Obama's Race to the Top: Favors topic 7 Let parents choose public, private, parochial, or homeschool: Strongly Favors topic 7 More learning options: community college-run charter schools: Favors topic 7 Offer coupons to send kids to schools that work best: Strongly Favors topic 7 Support charters; insist on change for failing schools: Favors topic 7 Private scholarships for students at hopeless schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Voucherize inner-city programs from schools to groceries: Strongly Favors topic 7 Introduce competition among schools and teachers: Strongly Favors topic 7 Encourage private sector in math and science education: Favors topic 7 |
Opposes
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
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| Every green tax credit is a tax loophole: Strongly Favors topic 8 Correct use of DDT doesn't harm humans nor environment: Strongly Favors topic 8 Encourage public-private partnerships like Land Trusts: Opposes topic 8 Finance world biodiversity hot spots via foreign aid: Strongly Opposes topic 8 1995: Entrepreneurial scientific approach to environment: Favors topic 8 Early 1980s: co-sponsored Endangered Species Act: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Regulating 15 more contaminants under Clean Water Act: Strongly Opposes topic 8 |
Strongly Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-5 points on Social scale)
| On Ferguson: stop when a policeman tells you to stop: Favors topic 9 3-strike laws are constitutional; enforce courts compliance: Favors topic 9 Prisoners should work and study; not have gyms: Favors topic 9 Lock up violent criminals until they're too old for violence: Strongly Favors topic 9 Space mirrors could uncover criminals lurking in darkness: Favors topic 9 No more endless appeals; make death penalty credible: Strongly Favors topic 9 Fewer appeals; more prisons; victim restitution: Strongly Favors topic 9 More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty: Favors topic 9 NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
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| Don’t redefine Constitution with no individual right to arms: Favors topic 10 Gun rights to opposing oppression; not for hunting: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Death tax is a direct assault on civil society: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Match the Chinese and have zero capital gains tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Voted against Reagan tax increases & Bush tax increases: Opposes topic 11 Flat tax proposal criticized for losing popular tax breaks: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposing taxes is a key conservative value: Strongly Favors topic 11 Input of public judgement for any major tax reform: Strongly Favors topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Make employee educational assistance tax-deductible: Favors topic 11 Repeal marriage tax; cut middle class taxes: Opposes topic 11 |
Opposes
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
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| By 2014, finish job of constructing a double border fence: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Use American Express & Visa to verify immigration laws: Opposes topic 12 Review all illegal aliens & if you have no ties, go home: Strongly Favors topic 12 Illegal aliens born in the US should not be deported: Favors topic 12 Sue the federal government for every cent spent on illegals: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Citizen Boards to decide which immigrants stay and go: Favors topic 12 Use National Guard on US-Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Deport 55,000 illegal aliens with multiple arrest records: Favors topic 12 Elite immigration solution incompatible with American values: Opposes topic 12 Lax border security lets in terrorists: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Immigrants must learn key values of American history: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Make it harder to sneak in, but easier for guest workers: Favors topic 12 1989: Let Tiananmen students overstay visas: Favors topic 12 No welfare for non-citizens: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Supported NAFTA, GATT, WTO, and MFN: Strongly Favors topic 13 Protectionism helps China & India challenge US supremacy: Strongly Favors topic 13 Mutual trade: neither free trade nor protectionism: Opposes topic 13 Compete in world market because we can't retreat from it: Strongly Favors topic 13 Supported NAFTA & GATT in common with Clinton administration: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
Strongly Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
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| America is Continent of Hope, with special responsibility: Strongly Favors topic 14 Threats to civilization are real, & fight needs leadership: Strongly Favors topic 14 |
Strongly Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-5 points on Social scale)
| It's nonsense to disarm America to balance the budget: Strongly Favors topic 15 Defense as percentage of GDP is lowest since WWII: Strongly Favors topic 15 Be prepared in a very militant and aggressive way: Strongly Favors topic 15 Gingrich-plus-up: $1B increase in 1990s Pentagon funding: Strongly Favors topic 15 1980s: Supported squadron of 132 B-2 stealth bombers: Strongly Favors topic 15 Defend America & allies from those who would destroy us: Strongly Favors topic 15 Downsize the Pentagon to a triangle; decentralize decisions: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Peace through strength, to lead the world: Strongly Favors topic 15 As an army brat, I know how exciting military life can be: Strongly Favors topic 15 No US troops under UN command; more defense spending: Favors topic 15 |
Opposes
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Real change needed for lobbying reform, not just piecemeal: Favors topic 16 Allow unlimited campaign contributions to anybody: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Supported Citizens United; opposed McCain Feingold: Strongly Opposes topic 16 CFR protects incumbents by limiting free speech: Favors topic 16 Increase federal limits on individual campaign contributions: Strongly Opposes topic 16 |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Threat of militant Islam is comparable to pre-WWII Nazis: Strongly Opposes topic 17 No US conventional forces in Libya: Favors topic 17 Get out of Arab region rapidly; make new strategy: Strongly Favors topic 17 Goal was to liberate Iraq from Saddam, not to occupy: Favors topic 17 Date for withdrawal means terrorists exalt & follow us home: Strongly Opposes topic 17 War on terror is transformational, and will take many years: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Critical of how Iraq war has been fought: Favors topic 17 US in Long War with irreconcilable wing of Islam: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Iraq policy is a mess: Strongly Favors topic 17 Use air power against every position everywhere: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| 2008 petition drive: Drill here, Drill now, Pay less: Strongly Opposes topic 18 2008 book: Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Billion-dollar prize for first mass-produced hydrogen car: Strongly Favors topic 18 Kyoto treaty is bad for the environment and bad for America: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Focus on incentives for conservation & renewable resources: Favors topic 18 Stop scare tactics about drilling in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Combine healthy environment and a healthy economy: Opposes topic 18 Gas tax sounds OK in DC, but not outside Beltway: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Marijuana legalization would tear America apart: Strongly Favors topic 19 Narcotics trafficking funds terrorism and corruption: Favors topic 19 Increase penalties for illegal drugs: Strongly Favors topic 19 Drug-free society focuses on both drug supply & demand: Strongly Favors topic 19 No sympathy for addicts; no legalization: Strongly Favors topic 19 Permissive attitudes lead to considering legalizing drugs: Strongly Favors topic 19 I used marijuana at a party once; it had no effect: Opposes topic 19 Mandatory minimum for drug & gun crimes: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Bigger government lead to more food stamps, not more jobs: Opposes topic 20 Put people back to work to raise revenues without taxes: Opposes topic 20 Jobs & Prosperity Plan: cut business taxes & regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Obama's "balanced approach" is code for raise taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Jobs plan: lower taxes; lower spending; domestic energy: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Tax hikes retard growth and depress revenues: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Change tax policies to make US companies competitive abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Echoed Bush's "Thousand Points of Light": Strongly Favors topic 20 Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
Newt Gingrich is a Hard-Core Conservative
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