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Hello everybody. 04/02/1987 - He cosponsored the 1987 Fairness Doctrine 10/22/1991 - He voted for an amendment that would create a National Police Corps. 03//1993 - He Voted for sending $1.6 Billion in foreign aid to Russia. 11/19/1993 - He voted for the NAFTA Implementation Act. 11/27/1994 - He supported the GATT Treaty giving sovereignty to the U.N. 08/27/1995 - He suggests that drug smuggling should carry a death sentence. 04/25/1996 - Voted for the single largest increase on Federal education spending ($3.5 Billion) 04/10/1995 - He supported Federal taxdollars being spent on abortions. 06/01/1996 - He helped a Democrat switch parties in an attempt to defeat Ron Paul in the 1996 election. 09/25/1996 - Introduced H.R. 4170, demanded life-sentence or execution for someone bringing 2 ounces of marijuana across the border. 01/22/1997 - Congress gave him a record-setting $300,000 fine for ethical wrongdoing. 11/29/2006 - He said that free speech should be curtailed in order to fight terrorism. Wants to stop terrorists from using the internet. Called for a "serious debate about the 1st Amendment." 11/29/2006 - He called for a "Geneva Convention for terrorists" so it would be clear who the Constitution need not apply to. 02/15/2007 - He supported Bush's proposal for mandatory carbon caps. 09/28/2008 - Says if he were in office, he would have reluctantly voted for the $700B TARP bailout. 10/01/2008 - Says in an article that TARP was a "workout, not a bailout." 12/08/2008 - He was paid $300,000 by Freddie Mac to halt Congress from bringing necessary reform. 03/31/2009 - Says we should have Singapore-style drug tests for Americans. 07/30/2010 - Says that Iraq was just step one in defeating the "Axis of Evil". 08/03/2010 - Advocates attacks on Iran & North Korea. 08/16/2010 - Opposes property rights of the mosque owner in NYC. 11/15/2010 - He defended Romneycare 12/05/2010 - He said that a website owner should be considered an enemy combatant, hunted down and executed, for publishing leaked government memos. 01/30/2011 - He lobbied for ethanol subsidies. 01/30/2011 - He suggested that flex-fuel vehicles be mandated for Americans. 02/13/2011 - He criticized Obama for sending less U.S. taxdollars to Egypt. 02/15/2011 - His book said that he believes man-made climate-change and advocated creating "a new endowment for conservation and the environment." 03/09/2011 - He blames his infidelity to multiple wives on his passion for the country. 03/15/2011 - Says that NAFTA worked because it created jobs in Mexico. 03/19/2011 - He has no regrets about supporting Medicare drug coverage. (Now $7.2T unfunded liability) 03/23/2011 - He completely flip-flopped on Libyan intervention in 16 days. 03/25/2011 - He plans to sign as many as 200 executive orders on his first day as president. 04/25/2011 - He's a paid lobbyist for Federal ethanol subsidies. 05/12/2011 - He was more supportive of individual health-care mandates than Mitt Romney. 06/09/2011 - His own campaign staff resigned en masse. 07/15/2011 - His poorly managed campaign is over $1 Million in debt. 08/01/2011 - He hired a company to create fake Twitter to appear as if he had a following. 10/07/2011 - He said he'd ignore the Supreme Court if need be. - Gingrich voted for an increase in the debt ceiling in 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1984 - Gingrich voted to permit the Federal Reserve to purchase Treasury Debt - Bailed out savings and loan institutions in 1991. $40B Bank bailout - Gingrich voted to strengthen the federal home loan agencies - Gingrich voted for increased powers to the FDIC to bail out struggling savings and loans through reorganization, purchase of bad assets, or recapitalizatio n. - Gingrich voted in favor of the Chrysler Bailout in 1979 - Gingrich voted for an oil windfall profits tax in 1979, which was signed by Jimmy Carter. - Urged Clinton to expand military presence in Bosnia. - Gingrich voted against a provision requiring congressional approval prior to deployment of U.S. troops into Central America in 1983. - Gingrich voted to increase CIA secrecy and against any requirement that the President report covert activity to congress before it is initiated. - Gingrich voted for Jimmy Carters Energy Mobilization Board. - Gingrich voted for an increase in taxes on coal producers in 1981 - Gingrich voted for a 5-cent increase in the gas tax to fund highway and other mass-transit projects. - Gingrich was one of the few who voted against the 1984 bill requiring the President and Congress to submit a balanced budget - Gingrich voted for a congressional pay raise - Gingrich voted against a bipartisan 1% cut to the Department of Defense budget for 1983 Matt ... Gun Control Kills --- FMail/Win32 1.64.GPL-Beta* Origin: (1:218/109) SEEN-BY: 3/0 633/267 640/954 712/0 313 620 848 953 @PATH: 218/109 10/1 261/38 712/848 633/267 |
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