firedoglake.com - 11/20/2008
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In a stinging rebuke of the Blue Dog caucus, Henry Waxman has defeated John Dingell for Chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Why, it seems like only yesterday the Blue Dogs were sniffing that the Steering Committee who recommended Waxman were a bunch of unrepentant ...
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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House Energy & Commerce Committee Turns Sharply Left
PoliGazette —
... The most hard left elements of the blogosphere are already cheering this as a victory for their kind of incivility and intolerance. They see Waxman as a much more pure ideologue that is likely to place a higher priority on confronting their enemies and is not likely to engage in hated compromise. And still smarting from the defeat of their attempted purge of Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, they are not inclined to hide their torches and pitchforks now: ...
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Waxman vs. Dingell
pundits.thehill.com 11/12/2008 — The news that Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) would seek to oust Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is interesting, to say the least.
In our history, few members of Congress have been held in such broad ...
EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect
prospect.org 11/18/2008 — WAXMAN VERSUS DINGELL. I haven't given this the attention it deserves, but Henry Waxman's decision to challenge John Dingell for chairman of the Energy and Commerce committee is a HUGE deal. Energy and Commerce is, along with Ways and Means, the key ...
Waxman wins.
dailykos.com 11/20/2008 — Roll Call (subscription) reports that Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) will be taking over the gavel of the House Energy & Commerce Committee from longtime Chairman John Dingell (D-MI), after a vote of 137-122 in the full House Democratic Caucus. ...
Waxman’s takeover signals a shift to the left
thehill.com 11/21/2008 — Rep. Henry Waxman’s successful coup against Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell on Thursday leaves the storied former chairman with a ceremonial role and steers the Democratic agenda sharply left. The 137-122 vote to hand Waxman (Calif.) the ...
Steering Committee Goes for Waxman, 25-22
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 ...
Out with the old? —
First Read 11/20/2008
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 ...
Inside the Dingell/Waxman contest —
First Read 11/20/2008
From NBC's Andrea MitchellSources inside the Democratic House Caucus say the vote against outgoing Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. John Dingell turned partly along generational lines - with young turks lining up against the old - and ...
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