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They always had done this in congress and still did it in the 1990's. i find it charming. newt gingrich found it wasteful which it was. newt gingrich as speaker put a stop to the ice delivery tradition while he was speaker, was so pleased with himself for doing that he carried a bucket around with him everywhere, to remind everybody that he had cut that wasteful thing. that is the relevant context for what happened yesterday. >> yesterday in the midst of the new waive of republican establishment piling on to defeat newt gingrich the romney campaign released a statement about newt gingrich from...

Election against bill clinton and the democrats in 1994. by the time he's running for president in '96, newt gingrich was really the most famous republican in the country. he was speaker of the house. and he used to carry a bucket around with him everywhere. here's why. apparently there had been a long standing practice in congress for whatever reason that the office of every member of congress every day got a bucket of ice delivered in the morning. they always had done this in congress and still did it in the 1990's. i find it charming. newt gingrich found it wasteful which is obviously, tota...