Newt Gingrich was a lobbyist, plain and simple

By Timothy P. Carney
Published November 20, 2011 5:00am ET
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Newt Gingrich was a lobbyist, plain and simple
When Newt Gingrich says he never lobbied, he’s not telling the truth. When he was a paid consultant for the drug-industry’s lobby group, Gingrich worked hard to persuade Republican congressmen to vote for the Medicare drug subsidy that the industry favored. To deny Gingrich was a lobbyist requires an Obama-like word parsing over who is […]

When Newt Gingrich says he never lobbied, he’s not telling the truth.

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