Out with the old?

From NBC's Mike Viqueira and Carrie Dann In the waning hours of the 110th Congress, shakeups on both sides of the Capitol dome this morning marked defeats for two of the Hill's most long-serving members. In the House, Rep. John Dingell , a member of Congress since 1955 who has served as the chairman or ranking member of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee for 28 years, was defeated for another term as chair by California Rep. Henry Waxman .  Waxman has himself served since 1975, ten fewer terms than Dingell, whose tenure in the House is the longest in the body's history. On the other side of the rotunda, Sen. Ted Stevens , at 40 years the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, said goodbye on the Senate floor today.  Stevens was defeated in his reelection bid by Democrat Mark Begich , the mayor of Anchorage who was six years old when Stevens was first appointed to his Senate seat. ...( read more ) (link)