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House Women: Gingrich Elevated Female Members

January 19, 2012 RSS Feed Print

Newt Gingrich, under fire today from his ex-wife, championed women members in the House when he became speaker, busting the GOP "glass ceiling" to elevate them to leadership roles, according to three current congresswomen.

"Newt Gingrich was very, very, very welcoming to all of us who were women. I mean he really just pushed us out front," said North Carolina Rep. Sue Myrick.

"He was the one who said immediately, 'We're going to put women in the chair. We're going to put women on committees.' He said, 'You would be a good appropriator.' He did do that," added Rep. Kay Granger of Texas.

They and other House members recently talked about Gingrich's promotion of women Republican members at a seminar hosted by the moderate Republican Ripon Society.

The September session was focused on broadening the Republican's base by reaching out to women and three House members offered up that Gingrich, not typically associated with championing women's rights, moved swiftly to promote women when he became House speaker after the 1994 "Republican Revolution" election.

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The comments are timely because of the new charges Thursday against Gingrich by his former wife Marianne, who claims her ex-husband didn't treat her well.

Ripon videoed the session and provided the following key quotes from Myrick, Granger and Missouri Rep. Jo Ann Emerson.

Rep. Myrick, at 5:40 into the video, says: "Newt Gingrich was very, very, very welcoming to all of us who were women. I mean he really just pushed us out front and literally helped in a lot of ways for us to feel comfortable operating in the process, and he put us on committees that women weren't normally put on. To Newt's credit, he did a great job with that and it really helped a lot of us to find our bearings as we were starting into the job."

Rep. Emerson at 9:50 into the video states: "I do want to attribute my position on Appropriations to Newt Gingrich. ...The Republicans did not have women on Appropriations until that time."

Rep. Granger at 17:25 into the video adds: "We've all talked about Newt, but he was the one who said immediately, 'We're going to put women in the chair. We're going to put women on committees.' He said, 'You would be a good appropriator.' He did do that."

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The Annulment is the Catholic Churches way of buying you way out of a lifetime commitment, it doesn't affect the legitimacy of any children from the marriage. Newt simply paid the early termination fee to trade up to a new model. That's family values for ya. You know who was even happier than Newt on Saturday night? President Obama. Moderates and independents hate Newt, and his elections to congress were always in overwhelmingly republican-conservative areas of Georgia, Dems and moderates will never vote for the angry little man.

AdrianInFlorida of FL 2:43AM January 23, 2012

Hey Henry, why don't you check the facts. For example any Catholic that has a marriage annuled, that annulment has nothing to do with bastardization of any kids. The marriage is , for the most part, a civil matter ( in GA) and annulment is a church matter. I am sure Newt's children are doing quite well. Nice try at being nasty tho. I am sure we will be getting lots of the nasty crap from Mitt's group. And for the record it really does irritate me and make me less likely to vote for that Mass Moderate

John H of FL 1:45AM January 23, 2012

When I have read about All the Various Witches of Salem, I Mass and how they lied about them Kill them in many various manners even though they must have known, They were not guilty of Witch-Craft. burn at the stake, stoned ect and drove them from towns On just their word alone.

I do believe that when we listen to the debates and of the wrong's that our Great leaders have done or did not do. I do begin to thing of those Wrongs and am convinced that we also have modern day witches! only now they call themselves Politician's. So "We the people of the United States" are forced to have few choices. So I shall give you only this.

While I do not feel we need a man in the White house who would spend Millions and Millions of dollars for a job that only pays $450,000.00 a year. I dont care how much they have made, in their lives, But I do care How they made it. People consider this. all the money in the world was in a sense paid for by the working class people. Who earned it by the sweat of their brow's. So I must say That I would like you to vote for the man who has done the most thus far for his country. and that man would be "Newt Gingerich" You should not even wonder if he can beat a Democrat!!! The Democrat has so far defeated himself already.

What he said No More Ear Marks, No More Lobbyist, a lot of lip service, allowing congress to take away three years of the old folks (COLA) annual raises, But willingly gave them all a check for only $250 dollars to help stimulate the Economy. There three raises that were cancelled were earned by the people Giving them that "Like" the politicians got their COLA raises Automatically

and at their Salary that COLA raise is more a year than the poor people make. That is (Witchery).

Then paying a Penalty for the rest of your life if you fail to enroll in Medicare A B C and D when you first join Medicare, and then Join the plan. And what is wrong is that you pay this each month for the rest of your life. Yet up to that point You paid all your Bills. That will make you a creditable person but not good enough that you do not have to pay the EXCESSIVE PENALTY FOR THE REST OF YUO LIFE.

What will these Modern Day Witches of Salem think of next to get our hard earned money. They shall figure a way.

So with that if you do not agree That will be your choice. After 200 years I believe that Our government is not the fault of all our problems, It is the crookedness of the few, If you put a Lie detector test on some of those in Office, I would venture to say there would be less problems in the Good Old USA. The end result is they do not care if you eat cat food and are homeless when your old. Do you want to wait another 200 plus years? Get real people Vote "OUT WITH EMPTY PROMISES"

THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB MAY NOT BE IN THE GROUP, BUT OF THOSE IN THE GROUP, CHOOSE

***NEWT GINGRICH. CERTAINLY HE MAY HAVE FAULTS" BUT Let Ye among you who dont, cast the first stone. Short and fat, but thats where its at for the future of our USA

Gene A Graves Sr of MO 10:20AM January 22, 2012

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