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Gingrich defends government shutdown in advising GOP to absolutely stop passage of spending bill

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 12/16/10 3:43 PM EST

From the December 16 edition of Fox News Channel's Happening Now:

Video file

Previously:

Fox's MacCallum suggests it wouldn't be “the end of the world” if “the government stops operating for a little while”

Limbaugh calls for a government shutdown

Plenty of Republicans are talking about a government shutdown, despite what Limbaugh says

Right-wing “cannot wait” for gov't shutdown, “just like in '95 and '96”

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