Newt Gingrich

Speaker of the House

Lower chamber's presiding officer

• House of RepresentativesPopulation-based legislative chamber
• gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
• majority leaderParty chief in legislature
• floor speechLegislator's formal assembly remarks

C-SPAN · legislative agenda · rules committee · speakership · resignation · government shutdown · balanced budget · welfare reform

Marianne

French national allegory

• JackieShortened given name
• Catholic convertOne who embraced Rome
• SmithsonianFederally funded museum network
• zooPublic animal collection

elephants · Georgia · third wife · infidelity · cancer · divorce · controversy · grandiose

polarization

Separation into opposing extremes

• divisivenessTendency to create factions
• confrontationDirect hostile encounter
• memoBrief internal message
• languageSystem of symbolic communication

obstruction · Clinton impeachment · government shutdown · tribalism · gridlock · combative · inflammatory · rhetoric

family values

Beliefs prioritizing domestic bonds

• fiscal responsibilityPrudent management of funds
• tax cutsDecreased government assessments
• limited governmentOfficially bounded political authority
• free marketCommerce without state intervention

deregulation · pro-life · right-wing · Christianity · defense spending · capitalism · small government · anti-establishment

American history

Record of the nation

• professorSenior university teacher
• authorCreator of written works
• futuristTomorrow trends scholar
• alternate historyGenre reimagining past outcomes

Civil War · novels · lecturer · intellectual · PhD · dissertations · counterfactual · think tank