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THE WEEK, Page 21NATIONEt Cetera
NEWTON'S LAW
The voter rebellion that House minority whip Newt Gingrich
helped foment bit back and drew some of Newt's own blood. The
cantankerous seven-term Georgia Congressman won a nasty primary
battle against little-known Herman Clark by a vapor-thin 980
votes out of 70,384. Clark painted Gingrich as the sort of
check-bouncing, pay-raising incumbent voters love to unseat.
Still, barring a massive collapse of Republican support in
Atlanta's affluent northern suburbs, Gingrich is a good bet to
win the general election this fall.
WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR?
As sergeant at arms for the U.S. House of Representatives,
Jack Russ was any Congressman's best friend. For nearly 25 years
he doled out pork, fixed parking tickets and covered bad checks
at the House bank. But when the bank's irregularities came to
light, Russ resigned, making himself ineligible for a
$70,000-a-year pension -- at least until Representative Mervyn
Dymally of California put Russ back on the payroll as his
"adviser." Now Russ can get full health benefits and his
pension.