Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich, is an American politician and author.   Born June 17, 1943 in Harrisburg, PA. He served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He is married to Callista Bisek.  He received a B.A. degree from Emory University in Atlanta in 1965. He received an M.A. in 1968 and a Ph.D in 1971 in Modern European History from Tulane University in New Orleans.

A college history professor, conservative political leader, and author, Gingrich twice ran unsuccessfully for the House before winning a seat in November 1978. He was re-elected 10 times, and his activism as a member of the House's Republican minority eventually enabled him to succeed Dick Cheney as House Minority Whip in 1989. As a co-author of the 1994 Contract with America, Gingrich was in the forefront of the Republican Party's dramatic success in the 1994 Congressional elections and subsequently was elected Speaker. Gingrich's leadership in Congress was marked by opposition to many of the policies of the Clinton Administration.

Since resigning his seat, Gingrich has maintained a career as a political analyst and consultant and continues to write works related to government and other subjects, such as historical fiction. Recently he founded the think tank American Solutions.

Time magazine selected him as the Person of the Year for his role in leading the Republican Revolution in the House, ending 40 years of Democratic Party majorities in that body. During his tenure as Speaker he represented the public face of the Republican opposition to Bill Clinton.

Gingrich's most recent book, Rediscovering God in America, is a paean to Christian Right arguments that liberals have weakened the United States by undermining the role of religion, specifically Christianity, in public life. In the opening of the book, which was on the New York Times top-35 bestselling nonfiction list in early February 2007, Gingrich argues: “There is no attack on American culture more deadly and more historically dishonest than the secular effort to drive God out of America's public life.”

Gingrich not one to hold back his opinions, voiced strong opposition to allowing American taxpayers to bail out several failing financial institutions. He described the $700 billion bailout plan as "just wrong" and that "it's likely to fail, and it's likely to make the situation worse over time."

In 2006 Newt Gingrich wrote a piece called The American Eleven: A Values-Led Plan for Victory in November and each of these eleven items stand important today in bringing back conservative values and principles to the Republican party. The American eleven are:

1.  Make English the Official Language of Government
2.  Control the Borders.
3.  Keep God in the Pledge
4.  Require a Voter ID Card.
5.  Repeal the Death Tax, for Good
6   Restore Property Rights
7.  Achieve Sustainable Energy Independence
8.  Control Spending and Balance the Budget.
9.  Tie Education Funding to Teacher    Accountability.
10. Defend America From the Irreconcilable Wing of Islam.
11. Focus on Iran and North Korea

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