Misremembering John Dingell
motherjones.com 2/10/2009 — John Dingell becomes the longest-serving House member in history on Wednesday, and to honor the Democrat from Detroit Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hosting a reception at the Capitol today. Bill Clinton and Carl Levin are scheduled to speak. During his 55-year run in the House, Dingell has maintained ...

Dingell: Name The Health Care Bill After Kennedy, Too
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 8/26/2009 — Though Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) lost the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee late last year, he never lost the respect of his colleagues in the House. He was given the honorary title of Chairman Emeritus, and as a lifelong advocate of ...

Dingell Pulls From K Street, Hoyer to Mediate?
openleft.com 11/13/2008 — The lobbying in the House is continuing. In particular, K Street has sought to convince members of the Blue Dog Coalition, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the New Democrats to back Dingell against Waxman, the chairman of the House Oversight and ...

Dingell to become longest-serving member next week
thehill.com 2/3/2009 — Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) will become the longest-serving member in the history of the House next week, the House historian’s office announced Monday. Dingell is set to earn the honor on Wednesday, Feb. 11, when he eclipses Rep. Jamie Whitten’s ...

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 ...

Dingell blames 'some Southern senators' for auto bailout defeat
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 12/13/2008 — Dingell has served in Congress for more than five decades. (CNN) — Michigan Rep. John Dingell blasted “some Southern Senators” Friday for the failure of the auto bailout plan. “Last night, some Southern Senators kicked American workers in the ...

Waxman's Win Marks Seismic Shift in House
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/21/2008 — The clash between Reps. Henry Waxman (Calif.) and John Dingell (Mich.) was notable in the recently quiet and stable House Democratic caucus. By Ben Pershing Democrats have a comfortable majority now in the House, and they will again in January. Nancy ...

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 ...

John Dingell Sr.: A Legacy
swampland.blogs.time.com 9/9/2009 — As Michael notes, the President's speech begins with a tribute to John Dingell Sr., a New Deal Congressman who was fighting for universal coverage 65 years ago, and whose son carries on the fight. Here's a story I wrote on the father and the son, all the way back in the pre-internet-link days of ...

The Associated Press: Leadership panel backs Waxman for energy chairman
google.com 11/19/2008 — 15 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Henry Waxman of California won backing from a House Democratic leadership panel Wednesday to replace veteran Rep. John Dingell as chairman of the committee with oversight of energy and global warming. Waxman won a ...

BREAKING: Illinois governor calls for Burris to resign — CNN Political Ticker 2/20/2009
(CNN) – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn called on Sen. Roland Burris to resign Friday. "At this time we have a senator who has a cloud over his head," Quinn said at a news conference. "It's time (for Burris) to put the interest of the people of the land ...