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And for four years we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt. we've done it before. we can do it again. >> now, president clinton could cut that same video. does newt gingrich deserve equal success? that would be something, as a clinton guy, you would say, those were the achievements of our administration. can he claim them as well? >> that's not an offensive thing that he does. i disagree with it but he's trying to point to the fact that he did something as speaker of the house. i think it's a fair point for him to make. i don't agree with it. i don't think any historian, anybo...

Unemployment came down from 5.6% to under 4%. for four years we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt. >> chris: gingrich will give his first interview as a candidate on sean hannity's program at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight on fox. former army lieutenant general ricardo sanchez says he is running for the senate in texas. if the first democrat to declare for the seat currently held by republican kay bailey hutchison who is not seeking re-election next year. sasanchez retire stafford abu ghraib scandal in iraq but was exonerated of any wrongdoing. floodwaters from the mighty mi...

Dramatic controlling of federal spending. when i became speaker we kept spending down to 2.9 increase a year for four straight years. the lowest rate since calvin coolidge in the 20s. as a result we balanced the federal budget for four years, paid off 405 billion dollars in debt. i think cutting spending to get to a balanced budget with a smaller government while cutting tacks to increase the economy would be big -- taxes to increase the economy would be big winners this fall. >> sean: mr. speaker, thanks for being with us. plenty more hannity coming up. rumors swirl that he betrayed his wife....

Dramatic controlling of federal spending. when i became speaker we kept spending down to 2.9 increase a year for four straight years. the lowest rate since calvin coolidge in the 20s. as a result we balanced the federal budget for four years, paid off 405 billion dollars in debt. i think cutting spending to get to a balanced budget with a smaller government while cutting tacks to increase the economy would be big -- taxes to increase the economy would be big winners this fall. >> sean: mr. speaker, thanks for being with us. plenty more hannity coming up. rumors swirl that he betrayed his wife....

-- bomb. then you have the state and local government budget bombs. this one i love! deficit of $110 billion in 2010. $178 billion in 2011. on top of the more than $450 billion in underfunded state and municipal employee pension funds. gee, firefighters. who is going to pay for this? who is going to pay for it? the underfunded corporate pension bonds. $405 billion deficit in underfunded pension. consumer debt bond. our tvs. americans are still living beyond their means, even with a downturn. we're still spending more than we have. which leads me to this. this is good news. the personal savings...