Tuesday, January 31, 2012

From the Nation: How Newt Gingrich Crippled Congress

2302s: Consider this early fodder for next week's written assignment, which will most likely ask you to summarize evaluations of Newt Gingrich's 4 year term as Speaker of the House.

The author points out that people who think Congress is broken, they ought to look at Gingrich as the man responsible for that. It argues that he expanded the use of obstructionism as a legislative tactic