gristmill.grist.org - 1/8/2009
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As Kate reported earlier today , new House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is reorganizing the committee, unifying oversight of climate, energy, air quality, and water issues under a single subcommittee: the Energy and Environment Subcommittee. The Boston Globe just ...
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/8/2009
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
For his swan song as chairman of the
House's government oversight committee, Henry Waxman picked a very
touchy topic: steroid use by professional wrestlers. Waxman's findings , released on January 2 and based on documents he gathered from the World ...
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Is Wrestling The New Baseball?
boston.com - 1/8/2009
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boston.com —
WASHINGTON - Representative Edward Markey today will be
awarded a key energy and environment leadership post in
the House, a move that will make the Malden Democrat one of the most powerful players on Capitol Hill on an issue central to ...
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Markey to lead powerful energy subcommittee
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 1/8/2009
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Jurisdiction over energy and environmental issues — including
global warming legislation — in a key House committee
will be moving from two Democrats sympathetic to industrial polluters to a progressive environmentalist. According to the ...
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Markey Takes Key Energy and Environment Position In House
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David Roberts: Markey takes chairmanship of key energy & environment subcommittee -- House geared for action
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grist.org As Kate reported earlier today, new House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is reorganizing the committee, unifying oversight of climate, energy, air quality, and water issues under a single subcommittee: the Energy and Environment Subcommittee. The Boston Globe just broke the news that Ed Markey (D-Mass.) will chair the new subcommittee. This is a big deal, even if you don't particularly care about inside Congressional baseball. Right now Markey chairs the ...
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... , a long-time legal scholar and Obama confidant, will head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. * Cool new subcommittee for Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass). * Bush ...
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openleft.com 11/19/2008 — This strikes me as very good news.
By a three-vote margin, the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee today recommended that Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman be given the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce ...
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com 11/18/2008 — On Wednesday, the House steering committee will vote to decide whether to oust Rep. John Dingell from the post of chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he's been a thorn in the green-besotted side of environmental and clean ...
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thehill.com 11/20/2008 — 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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