Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, but he was working on K Street.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, even though the head of lobbying at Freddie Mac signed a $300,000/year retainer contract for services provided by the Gingrich Group.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, just someone who was promoting legislation on behalf of paid corporate clients but avoided registering as a lobbyist because 12 years ago (or more) he was planning his campaign for the presidency.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, just someone running "four small businesses" that never got involved in influence peddling.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, just someone who sent out constant "Newtgram" emails outlining his views on health care reform on behalf of paid clients in the health care industry.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, and thus his departure from "American Solutions for Winning the Future" had nothing to do with the group being evicted 6 months later from its K Street office for failure to pay the rent- it was not his influence peddling that made the group.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, just a soup promoter.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, just a $300,000/year consultant on ethanol issues, which he took a particular interest in.
Newt Ginrich was not a lobbyist, just someone who liked to walk around Capitol Hill and discuss Medicare while representing clients who had a stake.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, and the $2 million his American Solutions nonprofit took in from pro-drilling and coal groups after he flipflopped on cap-and-trade was just a coincidence.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, and when he told Fox News: "I never favored cap-and-trade and actively testified against it. Through American Solutions ... we played a major role in defeating it"... he did not mean he was lobbying.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, just someone who composed sample legislation for the deregulation of the health care industry while taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from companies like BlueCross BlueShield and United Health because it was his hobby.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, and did not- during any of his discussions with the Republican House whip- do anything that might be construed as lobbying for his corporate clients.
Newt Gingrich was not a lobbyist, just someone who brought corporate clients down to the Florida state capitol to serve on policy panels and asked Georgia's government to buy specific services from his clients and arranged joint meetings with federal officals for his member companies because it was "his vision"... not his clients!
Newt Gingrich is not a lobbyist. Newt Gingrich is not a liar. But he does have sex with vending machines.
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lobbyist (someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer)
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