All posts tagged "Speaker Newt Gingrich"

House Republicans are looking to nominate United States Representative Jack Bergman (R-Michigan) for the speakership, as Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan's (R-Ohio) pursues the gavel for a third time, Politico reports.

The Detroit Free Press reports Bergman, "like the rest of Michigan's GOP congressional delegation" backs ex-President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.

The newspaper notes that the Michigan lawmaker "was one of three members of Michigan's congressional delegation who voted unsuccessfully to reject the Arizona and Pennsylvania results from the 2020 presidential election."...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) claims he advised the government-sponsored Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, otherwise known as Freddie Mac, against home loan practices that led to the housing market's collapse in 2008 -- but sources within the company tell reporters at Bloomberg News a different story.

A surprising new poll out of Bloomberg News on Tuesday morning found that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) is not the only Republican to benefit from the seeming demise of other prior frontrunners.

A survey published Friday by CBS News found that among Republican presidential candidates, former businessman Herman Cain has become the clear frontrunner, with former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tied, nipping at Cain's heels.

US President Barack Obama's approval rating climbed to 47 percent in a new poll released Wednesday, closing on a level which could help him run a competitive reelection bid next year.

WASHINGTON — The race for the Republican presidential nod looked Wednesday to be Mitt Romney's to lose, with a new public opinion poll showing the former Massachusetts governor ahead in four key early voting states.