Gingrich Backs Lifting Campaign Finance Restrictionsbr 92nd Street Y - 92nd Street Ybr Newt Gingrich is former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Gingrich continues to advocate for smaller government and what he terms "fundamental values."Gingrich is also the author of Rediscovering God in America and To Try Men’s Souls: A Novel of George Washington and the Fight for American Freedom.