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Mitt Romney win in Fla. could fuel bitter, protracted fight

Monday, January 30th, 2012

TAMPA — Newt Gingrich has vowed to take his fight for the nomination all the way to the Republican convention in August. That may be nothing more than an empty threat by a frustrated candidate with a history of exaggerated rhetoric. But could Gingrich’s battle against Mitt Romney leave the party badly divided heading into the fall campaign?
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Federal, congressional pay freeze bill to be considered by House this week

Monday, January 30th, 2012

The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a new bill that would freeze the salaries of federal employees, lawmakers and congressional staffers for another year.
The bill, introduced Friday by Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), goes against the wishes of the White House, which hopes to increase federal civilian worker salaries by 0.5 percent next year, but is consistent with congressional Republican efforts to curtail government spending in part by freezing or reducing government salaries.
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Gingrich and Santorum: We’re in it for the long haul

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Mitt Romney is on course for victory in the Florida primary, but the campaigns of Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum say they aren’t leaving the race anytime soon.
Gingrich’s campaign says it aims to win enough delegates in the coming months to force a brokered convention, and Santorum’s campaign has turned its focus to the contests in early February and then to Super Tuesday in early March.
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Gingrich casts Romney as George Soros favorite

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) has long been working to portray Mitt Romney as a “Massachusetts moderate.”
Now, he’s seizing on remarks made by liberal financier George Soros to further make his case.
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Gingrich invokes Nancy Reagan in defending his role during Reagan years

Monday, January 30th, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–Of all the insults and accusations that Mitt Romney has hurled at Newt Gingrich in recent days, none has stung the former House speaker so much as the suggestion that he was not a valued and loyal foot soldier of the Reagan revolution.
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