Newt Gingrich

Electronic Industries Alliance Blacklisting - K Street Project Enforcement

1998-10-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

A pivotal moment in the K Street Project’s systematic transformation of Washington’s lobbying ecosystem, where Republican leadership demonstrated its power to coerce and control industry associations by punishing the Electronic Industries Alliance for hiring a Democratic congressman, …

Tom DeLay Newt Gingrich Dave McCurdy Bill Paxon Electronic Industries Alliance +2 more regulatory-capture corporate-coercion political-blacklisting lobbying-control partisan-infrastructure

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act Ends Welfare Entitlement

1996-08-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Bill Clinton signs the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), fulfilling his 1992 campaign promise to “end welfare as we know it.” The legislation represents the most significant overhaul of the American welfare system since the New …

Bill Clinton Newt Gingrich Republican Congress welfare-reform poverty social-safety-net legislation inequality

Gingrich-DeLay Formalize K Street Project Coordination Structure

1995-02-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

In February 1995, Speaker Newt Gingrich and Majority Whip Tom DeLay formalized the K Street Project, a systematic strategy to transform Washington lobbying by pressuring firms to hire Republicans and limit Democratic influence. By 2003, this approach ensured that 33 of 36 top lobbying positions were …

Newt Gingrich Tom DeLay Grover Norquist gingrich tom-delay k-street-project institutional-capture lobbying-coordination

Tom DeLay Elected Majority Whip - Creates K Street PAC Tracking System

1995-01-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Following the Republican Revolution, Tom DeLay is elected House Majority Whip and implements systematic lobbying control mechanisms. DeLay creates the notorious ‘friendly/unfriendly’ PAC classification system, maintaining a notebook tracking which of the 400 largest PACs contribute to …

Tom DeLay Newt Gingrich Rick Santorum Grover Norquist tom-delay k-street-project lobbying-capture republican-revolution pac-system +1 more

K Street Project Launch - Systematic Republican Lobbying Control

1995-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, and Grover Norquist officially launched the K Street Project, a systematic effort to pressure Washington lobbying firms to hire Republicans in top positions and reward loyal GOP lobbyists with access to influential officials. Gingrich deputized Majority Whip Tom DeLay to …

Newt Gingrich Tom DeLay Grover Norquist regulatory-capture lobbying-control pay-to-play systematic-corruption

Republicans Win Historic Midterm Election with Contract with America

1994-11-08 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The Republican Party, led by Newt Gingrich, secured a decisive victory in the 1994 midterm elections, ending 40 years of Democratic congressional control. By campaigning on the ‘Contract with America’, Republicans gained 54 seats in the House and 8 seats in the Senate, fundamentally …

Newt Gingrich Dick Armey Richard Mellon Scaife Joseph Coors Heritage Foundation +1 more political-revolution corporate-influence regulatory-capture conservative-movement midterm-elections

1994 Republican Revolution and Contract with America Victory

1994-11-08 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Republicans achieved an unprecedented victory in the 1994 midterm elections, gaining control of both the House and Senate for the first time in 40 years, ending four decades of Democratic dominance in Congress. Led by Rep. Newt Gingrich, who became Speaker of the House, the GOP united under the …

Newt Gingrich Tom Foley Republican Party GOPAC Heritage Foundation +2 more political-revolution corporate-influence regulatory-capture conservative-movement legislative-transformation