downwithtyranny.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
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I hope this isn't too inside baseball for everybody. If it is, just skip down to the nice song at the bottom. It's been somewhat drowned out by the intensity of the battle over Joe Lieberman's Homeland Security Committee chair, but there has been another battle in Congress pitting a ...
politico.com - 11/20/2008
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politico.com —
California Rep. Henry A. Waxman on Thursday officially
dethroned longtime Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell, upending...
a seniority system that has governed Democratic politics in the House for decades. In a secret ballot vote in the Cannon ...
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Waxman dethrones Dingell as chairman - Patrick O'Connor
thehill.com - 11/20/2008
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thehill.com —
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) will become the next
chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee after...
House Democrats voted to replace current Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.). Waxman won 137-122 in the secret ballot vote. The dramatic ...
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Waxman wrestles gavel from Dingell
rollcall.com - 11/20/2008
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rollcall.com —
Rep. Henry Waxman (Calif.) has ousted Energy and
Commerce Chairman John Dingell (Mich.), as Democratic lawmakers voted...
137-122 Thursday morning to hand the gavel of the powerhouse panel to its second-ranking member.
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Waxman Defeats Dingell for Gavel
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Waxman Defeats Dingell
Firedoglake —
... and health care, energy and environmental protection, interstate commerce and consumer protection.
Though she never took a public position, nobody has any doubts that Nancy Pelosi orchestrated this.
This week the Senate voted to remain a bunch of self-protecting hacks, but the House voted for progress, over this huge blow to the traditional system of seniority and entitlement hasn't been paying attention.
(Oh Heavenly Day video by Patrick Dwyer courtesy Howie Klein)
Jane Hamsher: Waxman Defeats Dingall, Blue Dogs Get Spanked
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... week the Senate voted to remain an exclusive club of self-protection and entitlement by letting the corrupt Bush enabler Joe Lieberman keep his gavel, but the House voted for progress. Anyone who thinks that other members of the House aren't soiling themselves over this huge blow to the traditional system of seniority and entitlement hasn't been paying attention. Jane Hamsher blogs at firedoglake.com. Oh Heavenly Day video by Patrick Dwyer courtesy Howie Klein.
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Waxman beats Dingell —
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From NBC's Chuck ToddAccording to House Democratic sources, Henry Waxman beat John Dingell in a 137-122 vote to be the next chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which Dingell currently chairs. ...( read more )
Waxman Wins House Committee Post —
WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 11/20/2008
Waxman succeeded in his bid to unseat Dingell, the powerful chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The shift in leadership is likely to have an impact on a host of industries, particularly the auto and energy sectors.
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