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Waxman defeats Dingell for House Energy Chairmanship

 
WASHINGTON (CNN) — California Rep. Henry Waxman won the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday, defeating the longtime chairman, John Dingell of Michigan, in a secret ballot vote of the incoming Democratic caucus. Waxman — first elected to the House in 1974 — defeated Dingell — first elected in 1955 — by a [...] (link)

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