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Newt Gingrich denies that his 2003 advocacy for Medicare expansion was lobbying

By Shira Schoenberg

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  December 28, 2011

Newt Gingrich says he was never a lobbyist. But three US representatives, including former New Hampshire Representative Jeb Bradley, have said Gingrich did in fact lobby them – whether he met the technical definition of a lobbyist or not. Bradley told the Globe that he remembers Gingrich, in 2003, advocating in favor of the legislation that created the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit before a group of around 10 members of Congress. “I think the average person would see it as lobbying plain and simple,” Bradley said.

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