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Newt Gingrich Through the Years

By Ethan Klapper

Updated: May 29, 2013 | 5:19 p.m.
March 1, 2011 | 2:08 p.m.

Shutdown Saga

  (DAVID AKE/AFP/Getty Images)

Republicans quickly reached stalemates over budget negotiations in late 1995 and early 1996, causing two government shutdowns. Here, Gingrich meets with President Clinton at the White House during negotiations.


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