Tip O'Neill (D) - Start: 136, End: 318
Jim Wright (D) - 1987-88: Start: 210, End: 211
Tom Foley (D) - 1989-94: Start: 200, End: 228
Newt Gingrich (R) - 1995-98: Start: 180, End: 72
Denny Hastert (R) - 1999-2006: Start: 129, End: 210
Nancy Pelosi (D) - 2007-2008: Start: 162, End: 409
That's not a coincidence.
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Exactly. Oddly enough, even though my congressman is a democrat, he's been pretty good about voting to keep spending down. If we can keep the congressmen from both parties who are in favor of financial discipline, and ditch the rest, we might actually have a chance, regardless of what outrageous spending proposals are come up with by whoever wins the presidency.
I'm expecting that we are most likely going to end up with a bad 2 years, since its looking like we'll have a Democrat for President and Democrats controlling Congress. But, if a successor to Newt can be found to pull a repeat of what he did under Clinton, that might be the best situation we can hope for at this point.
If we can soundly spank the free-spenders, regardless of which party they are in, maybe the next crop of candidates (and the ones who manage to survive the campaign by the skins of their teeth) will get the message.
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