
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 5, 1995                   TAG: 9501050084
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                 LENGTH: Short

REPUBLICANS RAISE CURTAIN

Jubilant Republicans on Wednesday assumed the mantle of leadership in both the House and Senate for the first time in 40 years and embarked on a 100-day campaign to dismantle the legacy of decades of Democratic rule.

"Let the great debate begin," said House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., as he turned over the speaker's gavel "with resignation but with resolve" to an exultant Newt Gingrich, the Georgia Republican who was a principal architect of the GOP's Nov. 8 electoral victory.

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