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mercurynews.com - 11/21/2008
Waxman replaces Dingell, boosting Democrats' push on climate change - San Jose Mercury News
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WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama's call for urgent action on climate change received a double-barreled boost Thursday on Capitol Hill, as Democrats dethroned a leader who had been an obstacle and pledged to move aggressively on energy and the environment. In a victory for ...
politico.com - 11/20/2008
Waxman dethrones Dingell as chairman - Patrick O'Connor
— 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 ... (more) Waxman dethrones Dingell as chairman - Patrick O'Connor

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thehill.com - 11/20/2008
Waxman wrestles gavel from Dingell
— 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 ... (more) Waxman wrestles gavel from Dingell

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rollcall.com - 11/20/2008
Waxman Defeats Dingell for Gavel
— 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. (more) Waxman Defeats Dingell for Gavel

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Ace of Spades HQ:  Waxman to lead house climate change clusterfuck

RedState: Conservative News and Community:  Waxman replaces Dingell as Energy Chair.

Moonbattery:  Congress Puts Left-Wing Maniac in Charge of Deliberately Crippling Economy

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Waxman to lead house climate change clusterfuck
Ace of Spades HQ — Waxman to lead house climate change clusterfuck 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 that handles all energy, climate change and health care legislation. In a secret ballot, House Democrats voted 137-122 to replace Dingell with Waxman . The bad news is we'll probably get some truly grotesque climate change legislation rammed through at least the house due to this. ...

Waxman replaces Dingell as Energy Chair.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... ; they're linking to an article where Senator Boxer is promising that the first priority is spending 15 billion on clean energy initiatives - no, that doesn't mean nuclear power. Get real. ...

Congress Puts Left-Wing Maniac in Charge of Deliberately Crippling Economy
Moonbattery — ... In case you were hoping that Congress would exert some sort of moderating influence on the adolescent Marxist who will soon be president: ...

faster, waxy, faster!
Daily Pundit — Henry Waxman has successfully ousted John Dingell as chair of the House Energy and Commerce committee. (We discussed this earlier, here.) He’d better hurry up and ram through as much liberty and economy-destroying “green” legislation as he can, because the AGW consensus is in tatters. Besides, what better way to set the stage for nationalization of even more of our economy than to push the economy completely over the cliff in to full-scale economic depression with ill-founded and ill-timed envirowhackery? They’ll blame it ...

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