[org.whodat]

Only sitting speaker in history that was re-primed by the house and fined for ethics violation .

[jessduntno]

"Only sitting speaker in history that was re-primed by the house and fined for ethics violation."

Democrats accused Gingrich of violating the agreement, but it was forwarded to the House for approval.

On January 21, 1997, the House voted 395 to 28 to reprimand Gingrich, including a $300,000 "cost assessment" to recoup money spent on the investigation. The full committee panel did not agree whether tax law had been violated.

In 1999, the IRS cleared the organizations connected with the courses.

[jessduntno]

Assuming you meant to say reprimanded, it was ruled moot by the IRS after the fact, when they found there was no cause.

But you already knew that.