rollcall.com - 11/20/2008
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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.
The Waxman-Dingell Fight And The Future
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 ...
Waxman Defeats Dingell
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/20/2008 — By Paul Kane Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) won the vote, 137-122, to become the new chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, defeating the legendary Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.). The vote came a day after the House Democratic steering ...
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 ...
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 Victory Means Huge Blow To Blue Dogs
firedoglake.com 11/20/2008 —
If the House Democrats pull this off, it will be a major spanking of the Blue Dogs :
By a three-vote margin, the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee today recommended that Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman be ...
Waxman Wins!
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/20/2008 — Henry Waxman’s taking over the Energy and Commerce Committee . Harold Meyerson made the (persuasive) case for Waxman in a Washington Post column recently. Let the experimentation with socialism begin.
In Big Win For Liberals, Waxman Ousts Dingell As Energy And Commerce Chair
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/20/2008 — This is big, big, big. In a victory for the Democratic left, Rep. Henry Waxman has just successfully ousted Rep. John Dingell from his longtime perch as head of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office confirms to us the ...
Automakers and Dingell vs. Waxman
openleft.com 11/19/2008 — I'm surprised, given the amount of attention foisted on the US auto industry at the moment, how few people are actually watching the Dingell versus Waxman dogfight over the Chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee. E&C; is the ...
Freshmen Breaking for Waxman?
openleft.com 11/19/2008 — If true, this is excellent.
An informal survey of about two dozen incoming Democrats resulted in 18 saying they support Waxman and just three saying they support Dingell, said one freshman lawmaker who requested not to be identified.
This conflict ...
Waxman's in, Dingell's out —
Crooks and Liars
It's official:
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 Caucus Room, House Democrats ...
Yoshimitsu Beats King —
Shakesville
And Waxman beats Dingell : Representative Henry Waxman won the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee, ousting John Dingell, the longest-serving member of the U.S. House. House Democrats voted 137-122 for Waxman in a secret ballot, lawmakers said. Waxman, who currently leads the ...
Waxman edges Dingell for gavel —
Political Animal
WAXMAN EDGES DINGELL FOR GAVEL.... This comes as something of a surprise. 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.). The...
Wax-ing The Floor With Dingell —
Hotline On Call Part Deux
WashingtonPost.com is reporting that CA Rep. Henry Waxman (D) defeated longtime MI Rep. John Dingell (D) for chair of the Energy and Commerce Cmte. Waxman won by a relatively large 137-122 margin.
A 25-22 victory for Waxman by a Dem leadership panel on 11/19 presaged today's result, ...
Dems begin final debate in Waxman vs. Dingell —
Politico Live's Blogs
The doors have closed in the Cannon Caucus Room and the final round of the Dingell vs. Waxman fight will soon be settled.
John Dingell will make his presentation first to the Democratic caucus on why he should remain chairman of Energy and Commerce, followed by Henry Waxman, who will lay out ...
Panel Recommends Waxman Over Dingell for Key Gavel —
Capitol Briefing
By Paul Kane In a tight vote, the House Democratic steering committee has recommended placing Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) into the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee, ejecting current chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.). On a 25-22 vote, Waxman defeated Dingell, according to a ...
House Dem Steering Committee backs Waxman over Dingell —
Daily Kos
National Journal's Congress Daily (subscription) is reporting that the House Democratic Steering Committee has voted 25-22 to replace current chairman John Dingell (D-MI) with second-ranking Henry Waxman (D-CA) in the next Congress. Final decision to be ratified by the full Caucus in a vote ...
Waxman's win leaves Gov't Oversight chair vacant —
Daily Kos
You can't chair two committees. Them's the rules. So now that Henry Waxman has succeeded in wresting control of the Energy & Commerce Committee from John Dingell (a victory which Dingell has, in conciliatory fashion, congratulated Waxman ), the chairmanship of the Oversight panel that ...
The victory of Henry Waxman —
Betsy's Page
Henry Waxman won his bid to overthrow John Dingell as the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Ironically, the Democrats chose to vote by secret ballot, a right that they want to deny workers voting on whether or not to unionize. The Wall Street Journal details what it means now ...
Kucinich or Cummings for Oversight —
Firedoglake
I said most of what I'm going to say about the Waxman-Dingell fight in this post (though I will reiterate my concern that Waxman--who will now be in charge of shepherding healthcare through the House--has said almost nothing about it thus far).
Except that, now that Waxman has won, I ...
Waxman to lead house climate change clusterfuck —
Ace of Spades HQ
John Dingle was booted as committee chair in a secret vote, to be replaced by Waxman.In a victory for environmentalists, Rep. Henry Waxman of Los Angeles ousted John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress, as chairman of the House committee...
Blumenauer blogs the Waxman/Dingell showdown —
BlueOregon
Today, congressional Democrats decided to unseat Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) from his post as the chairman of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. In place of the longtime power player, they installed Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA). The move was seen as a major shift toward a stronger ...
Why They Had to Do Dingell —
The Stump
Chris proclaims the Waxman victory over John Dingell a big win for Barack Obama. I agree, for somewhat cynical reasons. In a nutshell: Letting Lieberman keep his chairmanship was clearly the right political move , but it also sent a somewhat dangerous message to Democrats, which ...
Pelosi praises Dingell and Waxman —
Politico Live's Blogs
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who took great pains to stay neutral in the divisive fight for the Energy and Commerce chairmanship, praised both lawmakers after the election, despite her sometimes deep differences with the loser, Michigan Rep. John D. Dingell.
“John Dingell is ...
Change You Can Believe In —
Newshoggers.com
By Ron Beasley
The auto industry is in trouble in part because it has spent millions of dollars trying to block the very innovation that would have made them commpetitive. They were enabled by longtime Energy and Commerce Chairman, Democrat John Dingell.
Waxman dethrones Dingell as ...
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