ABORTION
04/10/95 - Supported Federal tax dollars being spent on abortions.
10/16/09 - Angered conservatives by endorsing pro-abort Dede Scozzafava.
DEBT
09/20/79 - He voted to raise the debt ceiling for the 1st time.
06/04/80 - He voted to raise the debt ceiling for the 2nd time.
02/05/81 - He voted to raise the debt ceiling for the 3rd time.
06/28/84 - He voted to raise the debt ceiling for the 4th time.
BIG GOV'T/LESS FREEDOM
04/02/87 - Cosponsored the 87 Fairness Doctrine (anti 1st Amendment)
09/27/79 - Voted to establish the Federal Dep't of Education.
05/04/79 - Voted for land grab that put millions of acres in the hands of Washington.
04/18/96 - Voted for Federal restrictions on laser sighting devices.
04/25/96 - Voted for the largest increase on Federal education spending ($3.5 Billion)
11/29/06 - Said that free speech should be curtailed to fight terrorism.
Called for a "serious debate about the 1st Amendment."
11/29/06 - Called for a "Geneva Convention for terrorists" so it would be clear who the Constitution need not apply.
04/24/07 - Praised the corporatist business-model of Freddie Mac, saying it would be effective.
04/24/07 - Said about Gov't-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs): "conservatives should embrace [them] and want to extend as widely as possible."
05/20/07 - Would "establish a nationwide ID card with biometrics so you can track everybody."
04/28/08 - Wants another Fed agency to be "very aggressive" against "terrorists" and have "extraordinary abilities" not restricted by the constitution.
04/20/07 - Praised NYC Mayor Bloomberg; he "takes his hat off to the mayor for proving gov't can be effective."
03/19/11 - Has no regrets about supporting Medicare drug coverage. (Now $7.2T unfunded liability)
03/25/11 - Plans to sign 200 executive orders on his first day as president.
10/07/11 - He said he'd ignore the Supreme Court if need be.
BAILOUTS
09/28/08 - Would have reluctantly voted for the $700B TARP bailout.
09/28/08 - Says McCain's vote for TARP "greatest single act of responsibility ever taken by a presidential candidate".
12/08/08 - Was paid $300,000 by Freddie Mac to halt Congress from bringing reform.
12/01/11 - Warning Freddie Mac of "insane" business model proven false when laudatory interview from '07 resurfaced.
ENVIRONMENT
02/22/89 - Cosponsored Global Warming Prevention Act of 1989.
02/15/07 - Supported Bush's proposal for mandatory carbon caps.
04/11/07 - Had public debate with John Kerry on global warming, Newt agreed with Kerry, praised his book, almost hugged him.
04/17/08 - Made a commercial with Nancy Pelosi on Climate Change.
01/30/11 - He lobbied for ethanol subsidies.
01/30/11 - Suggested that flex-fuel vehicles be mandated for Americans.
02/15/11 - Believes man-made climate-change and advocated "a new endowment for conservation and the environment."
04/25/11 - He's a paid lobbyist for Federal ethanol subsidies.
NWO
11/19/93 - He voted for the NAFTA Implementation Act.
11/27/94 - He supported the GATT Treaty giving sovereignty to the U.N.
06/95 - Wrote the foreword to a book tearing down the Constitution and promoting World Gov't.
01/06/96 - Conceived a secret CIA mission to topple the Iranian leadership.
10/13/05 - Called for "universal but confidential" DNA testing of citizens.
06/10/10 - Cozy with VeriChip/PositiveID, company that specializes in human-microchipping.
03/15/11 - Says that NAFTA worked because it created jobs in Mexico.
08/11/11 - His recent criticism of the UN is belied by a long history supporting it.
FOREIGN AID
03/93 - He was "passionately in favor" of sending $1.6 Billion in foreign aid to Russia.
GUN RIGHTS
09/16/96 - Voted for Brady Lautenberg Gun Ban, taking away rights of people in misdemeanors.
09/28/96 - Voted for the "Gun Free School Zones Act" making schools easier targets, disarming citizens.
96 - He earned a "D" rating from the Gun Owners of America.
04/04/07 - Says that there should be distinction about what weapons should be only for the military.
ETHICS/CHARACTER
01/22/97 - Congress gave him a record-setting $300,000 fine for ethical wrongdoing.
11/05/98 - Resigned from his House seat 3 days after being elected to his 11th term.
03/09/11 - Blames his infidelity to multiple wives on his passion for the country.
06/09/11 - His own campaign staff resigned en masse.
07/15/11 - His poorly managed campaign is over $1 Million in debt.
08/01/11 - Hired a company to create fake Twitter to appear he had a following.
11/19/11 - Said Barney Frank should be arrested for lobbying for Freddie Mac, just a month before it became public that Gingrich was lobbying for them at the same time.
11/20/11 - He has been outed as a paid lobbyist for drug companies.
05/17/11 - Has an outstanding debt to Tiffany's of between $250K - $500K.
12/08/11 - pocketed campaign funds - paying himself over $40K for a mailing list he already had.
06/01/96 - Helped "Clinton Clone" Democrat switch parties in attempt to defeat Ron Paul in '96.
SOCIALIST HEALTH CARE
05/12/11 - Was more supportive of health-care mandates than Romney.
05/15/11 - Said GOP's plan to cut back Medicare was "too big a jump."
05/15/11 - Backed Obama's mandate; "All of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care."
05/16/11 - Endorsed mandates in 93 when Clinton pushed Universal Health Care.
WAR ON DRUGS
08/27/95 - Suggests that drug smuggling should carry a death sentence.
09/25/96 - H.R. 4170, demanded life-sentence/execution for 2 ounces of pot across border.
03/31/09 - Says we should have Singapore-style drug tests for Americans.
11/28/11 - He thinks its the job of the Federal Gov't to ban medical marijuana.
11/28/11 - Pharmaceutical lobbyist, thinks non-Pharma drugs like medical marijuana should be banned by gov't.
11/28/11 - He praised draconian drug penalties in Singapore for the second time.
WAR ON TERROR
05/20/07 - Would bypass the court system establishing a "military tribunal system to lock people up."
04/28/08 - He said that allow some terror to happen, to keep the people afraid.
07/30/10 - Says that Iraq was just step one in defeating the "Axis of Evil".
08/03/10 - Advocates attacks on Iran & North Korea.
12/05/10 - Said website owner should be considered enemy combatant, executed, for publishing leaked gov't memos.
02/02/11 - Says we are "losing the War on Terror"; the conflict will be as long as the Cold War
02/13/11 - Criticized Obama for sending less U.S. taxdollars to Egypt.
03/23/11 - Completely flip-flopped on Libyan intervention in 16 days.
03/27/11 - Says America is under attack by atheist Islamists.
09/27/11 - Says he "helped develop the model for Homeland Security"
11/12/11 - Advocates assassinating Iranian scientists and covert war with Iran.
11/22/11 - Supports the Patriot Act and would like to see it strengthened.
11/22/11 - Says that matters of National Security should'nt be encumbered by Due Process.
11/28/11 - Said he wants to be "aggressive" with Cuba topple their gov't before 2014.
08/16/10 - Opposes property rights of the mosque owner in NYC.
08/16/10 - Compares mosque supporters to Nazis
