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House Democratic Panel Recommends Waxman for Energy Chairmanship; Boehner Reelected Minority Leader

 

Published 11/20/2008 by Paul Kane at Wash Post In Congress

By a narrow margin, a House Democratic advisory committee recommended Rep. Henry A. Waxman (Calif.) to be the next chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, rejecting the current chairman, Rep. John D. Dingell (Mich.), who has been a longtime ally of the now-struggling auto industry. (link)

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