All these facts were well known to Newt Gingrich and he sent Reps. Rob Portman and Christopher Cox to sit on Burton s committee to make sure that he doesn t destroy the credibility of the committee and of the party(and you re in big trouble if Newt Gingrich is worried about you destroying the credibility of anything)! On top of all of this commotion, it has been revealed that Burton had an affair with a woman in the 1980 s and fathered an illegitimate child! It is almost impossible for Burton to continue with his attack-dog, witch-hunt attack tactics if he is guilty of every single one of the accusations himself. His term comes to an end in 2000 but it is my prediction that he will not be able to be as productive on the account of his hypocrisy and just might pull off a Bob Livingston !