True or False? "As Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich balanced the budget for four straight years."

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Washington Post (5 statements)

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So he can at best claim two years.

He left in January 1999; the budget ran a surplus in the fiscal years of 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

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Gingrich is wrong to claim there were four years of balanced budgets when he was speaker.

He left in January 1999; the budget ran a surplus in the fiscal years of 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

So he can at best claim two years.

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CNN Blogs (1 statement)

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If you don't count the deficit during his first year as speaker, when the budget was already set, and do count the surplus during the year after he stepped down, he can claim credit for a surplus in only two of four years.

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amazon.com (2 statements)

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So he can at best claim two years."

He left in January 1999; the budget ran a surplus in the fiscal years of 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

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alan.com (1 statement)

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So he can at best claim two years.

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forums.charlotteobserver.com (1 statement)

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So he can at best claim two years.

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Newt Gingrich (Georgia Republican politician) (2 statements)

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The statement: "I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt, pretty conservative."

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“I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt — pretty conservative.

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