This politician, who lost his most prominent job in
 November 1998, had pushed for the Contract with America after the election of 1994.
The foundation that funded this man's "Renewing American Civilization" course at two Georgia
 colleges was cleared of wrong-doing by the IRS in 1999. He has been criticized for attacking as "right-wing
 social engineering" Paul Ryan's plan to reform Medicare, as well as for divorcing his former high school
 geometry teacher while she was hospitalized for cancer. This politician, who lost his most prominent job in
 November 1998, had pushed for the Contract with America after the election of 1994. For 10 points, name
 this Republican candidate for the Presidency in 2012, who served as a prominent Speaker of the House
 beginning in 1995.
The foundation that funded this man's "Renewing American Civilization" course at two Georgia
 colleges was cleared of wrong-doing by the IRS in 1999.
Newt {Gingrich} [or Newton Leroy {Gingrich}; or Newton Leroy McPherson]