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How did Gingrich role help in the government?
A number of scholars have credited Gingrich with playing a key role in undermining democratic norms in the United States, and hastening political polarization and partisan prejudice
were there any conflicts in Newt Gingrich's career?
did Newt Gingrich have any influences?
Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States influenced Gingrich to convert to Catholicism.

Question: How did Gingrich's role help pass the federal budget?
Self-contained rewrite: How did Newt Gingrich's role help pass the federal budget?